Chocolate. A product of cocoa beans which are fermented, roasted, shelled and ground to produce chocolate liquor. Cocoa butter can be removed from this to make cocoa. As in other languages, chocolat may indicate the product, sweets or a drink made with it. After refining for high quality chocolate, the various remaining types are 1) unsweetened chocolate containing only chocolate liquor and cocoa butter, used for cooking; 2) bittersweet chocolate with a small amount of added sugar; 3) semisweet chocolate, with just a little more sugar than bittersweet chocolate; 4) milk chocolate, with milk solids added to soften the intense chocolate flavour. If other fats are added besides cocoa butter, this decreases the quality of the chocolate.
