The Hershey Company
REDUCED SUGAR CHOCOLATE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME

Abstract:

A reduced sugar milk chocolate wherein at least a portion of the unsweetened chocolate used to make the product has been subjected to a debittering process that reduces the amount of caffeine and theobromine present. Use of the deflavored unsweetened chocolate enables non-fat cocoa to replace some of the sugar added to the chocolate without imparting an undesirable amount of bitterness or chocolate to flavor to the finished product. This composition and method also enables the production of a standard of identity chocolate with reduced sugar.