Short Answer- Yes

Long Answer- Its complicated!

Well you see, chocolate compound is made from cocoa powder, cocoa butter, the two main ingredients of a good, tasteful chocolate.

But apart from these above two, there is also, generally vegetable oils present, may be coconut oil which is mainly used as a replacement to Cocoa Butter.

But Why Compound Chocolate?

Why you ask?

Because Cocoa butter is expensive.

Manufacturers and chocolatiers use Chocolate compound as a less expensive option to pure chocolate with cocoa powder and cocoa butter only.

Some Science into the chocolate

Apart from financial reasons, another reason also dictates this choosing of vegetable oil in manufacturing of chocolate compound.

You see, cocoa butter melts at 37 Deg C, which is the human body temperature and that is why you get that melt in mouth feel when you eat a pure chocolate.

As you add vegetable oil or coconut oil, this melting point increases and that directly results in the texture of the chocolate bar you love for a bit longer duration of time.

So, you see from a business point of view it almost makes sense to at least use some other type of fat other than cocoa butter.

This was the long answer, and you see why it’s complicated.

Conclusion

Rest assured, in a scenario where more and more people have the means and capability to consume chocolate and chocolate related products is growing everyday, a compound chocolate based end product is surely a fantastic way to start.

As the demand increases, more manufacturers and chocolatiers will surely move towards making chocolate end products made out of pure cocoa powder and cocoa butter.

Anyway, we all love the taste of chocolate.

And thanks to all those manufacturer and chocolatiers who work day and night, we can’t stop munching on our favourite indulgence.

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