Cacao and Chocolate Bases

Gathers the raw materials of chocolate that carry sweetness and flavor, taken from the seeds of the cacao tree. It includes cacao and chocolate liquor. The group does not cover other plant butters or sweeteners, and it covers the raw materials rather than finished chocolate. Within the Sweeteners subcategory it sits beside the groups Cane, Beet and Plant Sugars, Syrups and Molasses, Honey and Bee Products, Sugar Alcohols and Simple Sugars, High-Intensity and Sweet-Tasting Compounds, and each entry is placed in the one group whose description fits it best.