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Melted dark chocolate falling from a wooden spoon into a glass bowl, beside a dish of lecithin granules and soybeans

What Is Soy Lecithin? The Emulsifier in Your Ch...

Soy lecithin is the emulsifier in many chocolate bars. What it is made from, why chocolate makers use it, how it is labeled as an allergen and what FDA and...

What Is Soy Lecithin? The Emulsifier in Your Ch...

Soy lecithin is the emulsifier in many chocolate bars. What it is made from, why chocolate makers use it, how it is labeled as an allergen and what FDA and...

Two thick slices cut from a dark chocolate loaf cake on a wooden board, with a bowl of cocoa powder behind

What Is Polydextrose? The Fiber Behind Sugar Fr...

Polydextrose is a fiber made from glucose that gives sugar free cakes their bulk. Here is what it is made of, why US labels declare it as dietary fiber and...

What Is Polydextrose? The Fiber Behind Sugar Fr...

Polydextrose is a fiber made from glucose that gives sugar free cakes their bulk. Here is what it is made of, why US labels declare it as dietary fiber and...

A chocolate muffin broken in half beside a slice of golden sponge cake and four glossy amber butter sweets on a dark oak board

What Is Acesulfame Potassium? Ace-K Sweetener E...

Acesulfame potassium (Ace-K) is a sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar. Here is what it is made of, why it works alongside sugar alcohols in our candy and cakes...

What Is Acesulfame Potassium? Ace-K Sweetener E...

Acesulfame potassium (Ace-K) is a sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar. Here is what it is made of, why it works alongside sugar alcohols in our candy and cakes...

A bowl of glossy red, orange and dark purple gummy bears beside a lit carved pumpkin on a dark wooden table

Sugar Free Halloween Candy: What to Buy and Wha...

What the FDA sugar free claim means for Halloween candy, which Diablo candy suits the night with its figures, what to check on a wrapper before it goes in the...

Sugar Free Halloween Candy: What to Buy and Wha...

What the FDA sugar free claim means for Halloween candy, which Diablo candy suits the night with its figures, what to check on a wrapper before it goes in the...

Unwrapped glossy hard boiled sweets in amber, red and cream resting on a dark slate surface

What Is Isomalt? The Sweetener Inside Sugar Fre...

Isomalt is a sugar alcohol built from ordinary sugar in two steps. It sweetens at about half the strength of sugar, carries fewer calories per gram and sets hard and...

What Is Isomalt? The Sweetener Inside Sugar Fre...

Isomalt is a sugar alcohol built from ordinary sugar in two steps. It sweetens at about half the strength of sugar, carries fewer calories per gram and sets hard and...

Dark chocolate sauce poured over a bowl of fresh strawberries, raspberries and blueberries with oats and dried apricot beside it

Vegan Candy Without Gelatin: What to Check on t...

Gelatin is animal collagen, so any candy listing it is out. Beeswax, shellac, carmine and milk rule out plenty more. Here is how to read a candy label if you...

Vegan Candy Without Gelatin: What to Check on t...

Gelatin is animal collagen, so any candy listing it is out. Beeswax, shellac, carmine and milk rule out plenty more. Here is how to read a candy label if you...