Dietary

Is dark chocolate vegan?

Classic dark chocolate — cacao, sugar, and cocoa butter — is naturally vegan, and 1,685 of the 2,128 bars in our catalog carry a vegan flag. The exceptions to watch for: added milk fat or butter oil in some dark bars, milk powder in 'dark-milk' styles, and cross-contamination notes for bars produced on shared lines.

Always check the ingredient line rather than the cacao percentage: a 70% bar can still contain milk fat, while some milk-style bars are made vegan with oat or rice. Every bar profile in our library lists its ingredients and dietary flags.

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