The European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/36/EC is an

EU Directive The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are located primarily in Europe, Europe. The union has a total area of ...

relating to cocoa and chocolate products. Most notably, this directive allows chocolate to contain up to 5% non-cocoa vegetable fats. The

Belgian Ministry of Economic Affairs The FPS Economy, SMEs, Middle Classes, and Energy ( nl, FOD Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie , french: SPF Économie, PME, Classes moyennes et Énergie, german: FÖD Wirtschaft, KMU, Mittelstand und Energie), more commonly known as the FPS Eco ...

has attempted to resist the effects of this directive by introducing the

AMBAO AMBAO is a certification mark for chocolate Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consum ...

certification scheme, which certified that chocolate carrying the AMBAO mark was produced without vegetable fat substitution.

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* Chocolate European Union directives European Union food law {{food-stub