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Is Chocolate vegan?

Chocolate is a food ingredient made from roasted and ground cocoa beans (Theobroma cacao). Dark chocolate is often vegan, but milk chocolate and many processed chocolate products contain dairy ingredients such as milk powder or butter fat. The vegan and vegetarian status depends on the specific product formulation.

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