“Technically, the difference between milk chocolate and dark chocolate lies with the ingredients,” says Carrie Clark, Research Scientist, Regulatory & Nutrition R&D and, in particular, the amount of chocolate liquor* and milk fat. read more
1. Dark chocolate has a higher percentage of cocoa solids than milk chocolate 2. Milk chocolate is made by combining chocolate with milk powder or condensed milk 3. Dark chocolate has several health benefits associated with it 4. Dark chocolate was first used in Central America in the time of the Aztecs 5. read more
Dark chocolate has the highest percentage of cocoa solids and cocoa butter of all types. The other added ingredients are sugar and cocoa bean powder. Milk chocolate contains milk powder, sugar, and a small percentage of cocoa solids and cocoa butter. read more
Other ingredients used to produce both dark and milk chocolate include: sugar, vanilla or vanilla substitute and lecithin, which acts as an emulsifying agent. Summary: 1. Dark chocolate has a higher percentage of cocoa solids than milk chocolate. read more
The difference between dark chocolate and milk chocolate is that it does not have any milk solids added. Dark chocolate will generally have a higher percentage of cocoa solids and can range from 30% to 80% in cocoa solid make-up. read more