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GB/T 19343-2016: Chocolate and chocolate products, cocoa butter alternatives chocolate and its products
GB/T 19343-2016
GB
NATIONAL STANDARD OF THE
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
ICS 67.190
X 33
Replacing GB/T 19343-2003
General rule of chocolate and chocolate products
(including chocolate and chocolate products with cocoa
butter alternatives)
巧克力及巧克力制品(含代可可脂巧克力及代可可脂巧克力制品)
ISSUED ON: AUGUST 29, 2016
IMPLEMENTED ON: SEPTEMBER 01, 2017
Issued by: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine of PRC;
Standardization Administration of PRC.
Table of Contents
Foreword ... 3 
1 Scope ... 5 
2 Normative references ... 5 
3 Terms and definitions ... 6 
4 Product classification ... 8 
5 Raw materials ... 10 
6 Technical requirements ... 11 
7 Inspection method ... 13 
8 Inspection rules ... 14 
9 Judgment and re-inspection ... 15 
10 Product naming ... 15 
11 Labels and signs ... 15 
12 Packaging ... 16 
13 Storage, transportation, sales ... 16 
Appendix A (Normative) Determination method of chocolate fineness ... 17 
References ... 19 
General rule of chocolate and chocolate products
(including chocolate and chocolate products with cocoa
butter alternatives)
1 Scope
This standard specifies the terms and definitions, product classification, raw
and auxiliary materials, technical requirements, inspection methods, inspection
rules, determination and re-inspection, product naming, labeling and marking,
packaging, storage and sales requirements of chocolate and chocolate
products, as well as chocolate and chocolate products with cocoa butter
alternatives.
This standard applies to the production, inspection, sales of products, which are
defined in 3.3 ~ 3.6.
2 Normative references
The following documents are essential to the application of this document. For
the dated documents, only the versions with the dates indicated are applicable
to this document; for the undated documents, only the latest version (including
all the amendments) is applicable to this standard.
GB/T 191 Packaging - Pictorial marking for handling of goods
GB 317 White granulated sugar
GB 2716 Hygienic standard for edible vegetable oil
GB 2760 National food safety standard - Standards for uses of food additives
GB 5009.3-2010 National food safety standard - Determination of moisture
in foods
GB 7718 National food safety standard - Standard for nutrition labelling of
prepackaged foods
GB 9678.2 National food safety standard - Chocolate, chocolate with
cocoa butter alternatives and its products
GB 11674 National food safety standard - Whey powder and whey protein
powder
GB 14880 National food safety standard for the use of nutritional fortification
substances in foods
GB 19644 National food safety standard - Milk powder
GB 19646 National food safety standard - Cream, butter and anhydrous
milkfat
GB/T 20705 Cocoa mass and cocoa cake
GB/T 20706 Cocoa powder
GB/T 20707 Cocoa butter
GB 25595 National food safety standard - Lactose
GB 28050 National food safety standard - Nutrition label standards of pre-
packaged food
GB/T 31120-2014 Candy terminology
GB 31621 National food safety standard - Code of hygienic practice in food
business process
JJF 1070 Rules of metrological testing for net quantity of products in
prepackages with fixed content
"Regulations on hygienic management of bulk food" Ministry of Health WFJF
[2003] No.180
"Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Measurement of
Quantitative Packaging Commodities" Order No.75 of the General
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
3 Terms and definitions
The following terms and definitions apply to this document.
3.1
Cocoa butter
A product, which is made by pure cocoa beans as raw materials, through
processes such as cleaning, screening, roasting, shelling, refining, pressing.
[GB/T 31120-2014, definition 3.11]
3.2
Chocolate-coated products, such as wafer chocolate, candied fruit chocolate,
etc.
4.2.3 Sugar-coated chocolate products
Chocolate products, which have sugar coating, such as chocolate beans.
4.2.4 Other chocolate products
Chocolate products, which are not included in 4.2.1 ~ 4.2.3.
4.3 Chocolate with cocoa butter alternative
4.3.1 Black chocolate with cocoa butter alternatives
A cocoa butter alternative chocolate, which is brown or brown-black, has a bitter
taste of cocoa.
4.3.2 Milk chocolate with cocoa butter alternatives
A cocoa butter alternative chocolate, to which dairy products are added, in
brown or light brown, with cocoa and milk flavor.
4.3.3 White (flavored) chocolate with cocoa butter alternatives
Cocoa butter alternative chocolate, to which no fat-free cocoa substance is
added.
4.4 Chocolate products with cocoa butter alternative
4.4.1 Mixed chocolate products with cocoa butter alternative
Products, which are made by mixing cocoa butter alternative chocolate with
other foods, such as hazelnut chocolate with cocoa butter alternative, almond
chocolate with cocoa butter alternative, etc.
4.4.2 Coated chocolate products with cocoa butter alternative
Products, which use cocoa butter alternative chocolate as a coating, such as
wafer chocolate with cocoa butter alternative, candied fruit chocolate with cocoa
butter alternative, and so on.
4.4.3 Sugar-coated chocolate products with cocoa butter alternative
Chocolate products with cocoa butter alternative, which have sugar coating,
such as cocoa butter alternative chocolate beans, etc.
4.4.4 Other types of chocolate products with cocoa butter alternative
Chocolate products with cocoa butter alternative, which are not included in
4.4.1 ~ 4.4.3.
5 Raw materials
5.1 Raw materials
5.1.1 Cocoa butter
It shall meet the requirements of GB/T 20707.
5.1.2 Cocoa mass
It shall meet the requirements of GB/T 20705.
5.1.3 Cocoa powder
It shall meet the requirements of GB/T 20706.
5.1.4 White granulated sugar
It shall meet the requirements of GB 317.
5.1.5 Milk powder
It shall meet the requirements of GB 19644.
5.1.6 Lactose
It shall meet the requirements of GB 25595.
5.1.7 Whey powder
It shall meet the requirements of GB 11674.
5.1.8 Cream, butter and anhydrous milkfat
It shall meet the requirements of GB 19646.
5.1.9 Vegetable oil
It shall meet the requirements of GB 2716.
5.2 Other raw materials
It shall comply with the requirements of relevant national standards or industry
standards.
5.3 Food additives
8 Inspection rules
8.1 Exit-factory inspection
8.1.1 The products shall be inspected batch by batch, before they leave the
factory. It can leave the factory, only after passing the inspection.
8.1.2 For products of the same variety in different packages, the inspection
items, which are not affected by the packaging specifications and packaging
forms, can be inspected together.
8.1.3 The items of exit-factory inspection include: sensory, net content, fineness,
loss on drying.
8.2 Type inspection
8.2.1 For products normally produced, type inspection shall be carried out once
every six months. Type inspection shall also be carried out, in any of the
following situations:
a) During trial production and appraisal of new products;
b) After formal production, where there are major changes in raw materials
and processes, which may affect the product quality;
c) When production resumes after a long-term shutdown;
d) Where there is a big difference between t...