# The Cocoa and Chocolate Products (England) Regulations 2003, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W

Subject to the following paragraphs of this Schedule, the vegetable fats referred to in regulation 3 are, singly or in blends, cocoa butter equivalents and shall comply with the following criteria:—
(a) they are non-lauric vegetable fats, which are rich in symmetrical monounsaturated triglycerides of the type POP, POSt and StOSt;
(b) they are miscible in any proportion with cocoa butter, and are compatible with its physical properties (melting point and crystallisation temperatures, melting rate, need for tempering phase);
(c) they are obtained only by the processes of refining or fractionation or both, which exclude enzymatic modification of the triglyceride structure.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1659/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cocoa-and-chocolate-products-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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