Meaning of semisweet chocolate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Chocolate with a cocoa content greater than that of milk chocolate and lower than that of dark chocolate.
   uncountable
2. See quotation.
   US, uncountable

Examples

“Semisweet chocolate or bittersweet chocolate is sweet chocolate that contains not less than 35 percent by weight of chocolate liquor complying with the requirements of Sec. 163.111 and calculated in the same manner as set⟳ forth in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.”

“The name⟳ of the food is “sweet chocolate”, “sweet chocolate coating”, “semisweet chocolate”, “semisweet chocolate coating”, “bittersweet chocolate”, or “bittersweet chocolate coating”, as appropriate.”

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