After the cocoa butter is extracted, the remaining cocoa solids are made into cocoa powder
Chocolate trivia:
What do 55%, 75%, and 80% on chocolate packaging mean?
Many people think this is the "purity" of the chocolate, but it is actually the ratio of cacao to sugar and other additives. For example, chocolate labeled 55% means it contains 55% cacao ingredients, and the remaining 45% is sugar and other additives.
However, some commercially sold chocolate is made from cocoa powder after the cocoa butter has been extracted, recombined and blended with other vegetable oils such as palm oil, rather than using the original cocoa butter. In other words, chocolate labeled 55% does not mean it has 55% cacao purity.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare stipulates that starting July 1 this year, only products with a total cocoa solids content of at least 35%, cocoa butter of at least 18%, and non-fat cocoa solids of at least 14% may be called dark chocolate. Those in which vegetable oil is added to replace cocoa butter at no more than 5% must be labeled near the product name with "vegetable oil added to cocoa butter" those exceeding 5% must be labeled as containing "cocoa butter substitute"
