{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-36/annex-I/division-A/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-36/annex-I/division-A/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2000/36",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2000/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 June 2000 relating to cocoa and chocolate products intended for human consumption",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-36",
  "path": "annex/I/division/A/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(a)\nCocoa powder, cocoa\ndesignate the product obtained by converting into powder cocoa beans which have been cleaned, shelled and roasted, and which contains not less than 20 % cocoa butter, calculated according to the weight of the dry matter, and not more than 9 % water;\n(b)\nFat-reduced cocoa, fat-reduced cocoa powder\ndesignate cocoa powder containing less than 20 % cocoa butter, calculated according to the weight of the dry matter;\n(c)\nPowdered chocolate, chocolate in powder\ndesignate the product consisting of a mixture of cocoa powder and sugars, containing not less than 32 % cocoa powder;\n(d)\nDrinking chocolate, sweetened cocoa, sweetened cocoa powder\ndesignate the product consisting of a mixture of cocoa powder and sugars, containing not less than 25 % cocoa powder; these names shall be accompanied by the term ‘fat-reduced’ in the case where the product is fat-reduced as defined at (b).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2000/36/annex/I/division/A/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:02.460488+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}