💎 Key Nutrients
Unsweetened Baking Chocolate Nutrition per Square
The USDA serving is 1 oz (29 g), about one small square: 186 calories, 15.2 g fat, 4.2 g protein, 8.2 g carbohydrate, 4.8 g fiber, 0.26 g total sugar, 9.4 g saturated fat, 7 mg sodium and 5 mg iron. The record shows 0 g added sugar, but total sugar is not zero.
Calculated Values per 100g
Dividing the 29 g serving by 0.29 gives about 641 calories, 52.4 g fat, 14.5 g protein, 28.3 g carbohydrate, 16.6 g fiber and 0.90 g total sugar per 100 g. These are calculated comparisons. A recipe may use only a few squares, while the finished dessert also includes flour, sugar, butter or other ingredients.
Unsweetened Squares Versus Other Cocoa Products
Unsweetened baking chocolate is a solid product made for melting or chopping. It is not interchangeable with cocoa powder, dark chocolate with added sugar, chocolate chips or a finished brownie. Check the product label when the package contains emulsifiers, sweeteners or a different cacao percentage; those ingredients change the nutrition.
How to Use and Store It
Use a scale for recipe portions and count the square's fat and calories even when it is melted. Store unopened chocolate cool, dry and tightly wrapped away from strong odors. A pale surface called bloom can affect appearance and texture; mold, rancid odor or a wet damaged package is a reason to discard it. Do not infer health outcomes from the cocoa content alone.
🧊 Storage Guide
🧊
Freezer
up to 24 months
⚠️ Signs of
Spoilage:
- smell: rancid or off odor
- visual: white or grayish bloom, discoloration
- texture: dry, crumbly, grainy surface
- when to discard: mold growth, persistent rancid smell
🔬 Detailed Nutrition Profile (USDA)
Common Portions
0.50 oz Hersheys
(14.20g)
1.00 cup, grated
(132.00g)
1.00 oz square Bakers
(29.00g)
| Nutrient | Amount | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Water | 1.3400 | g |
| Energy | 642.0000 | kcal |
| Energy | 2685.0000 | kJ |
| Protein | 14.3200 | g |
| Total lipid (fat) | 52.3100 | g |
| Ash | 3.6000 | g |
| Carbohydrate, by difference | 28.4200 | g |
| Fiber, total dietary | 16.6000 | g |
| Total Sugars | 0.9100 | g |
| Sucrose | 0.9100 | g |
| Glucose | 0.0000 | g |
| Fructose | 0.0000 | g |
| Lactose | 0.0000 | g |
| Maltose | 0.0000 | g |
| Galactose | 0.0000 | g |
| Calcium, Ca | 101.0000 | mg |
| Iron, Fe | 17.4000 | mg |
| Magnesium, Mg | 327.0000 | mg |
| Phosphorus, P | 400.0000 | mg |
| Potassium, K | 830.0000 | mg |
| Sodium, Na | 24.0000 | mg |
| Zinc, Zn | 9.6300 | mg |
| Copper, Cu | 3.2330 | mg |
| Manganese, Mn | 4.1670 | mg |
| Selenium, Se | 8.1000 | µg |
| Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid | 0.0000 | mg |
| Thiamin | 0.1470 | mg |
| Riboflavin | 0.1000 | mg |
| Niacin | 1.3550 | mg |
| Pantothenic acid | 0.1680 | mg |
| Vitamin B-6 | 0.0270 | mg |
| Folate, total | 28.0000 | µg |
| Folic acid | 0.0000 | µg |
| Folate, food | 28.0000 | µg |
| Folate, DFE | 28.0000 | µg |
| Choline, total | 45.7000 | mg |
| Betaine | 2.6000 | mg |
| Vitamin B-12 | 0.0000 | µg |
| Vitamin B-12, added | 0.0000 | µg |
| Vitamin A, RAE | 0.0000 | µg |
| Retinol | 0.0000 | µg |
| Carotene, beta | 0.0000 | µg |
| Carotene, alpha | 0.0000 | µg |
| Cryptoxanthin, beta | 0.0000 | µg |
| Vitamin A, IU | 0.0000 | IU |
| Lycopene | 0.0000 | µg |
| Lutein + zeaxanthin | 38.0000 | µg |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) | 0.4000 | mg |
| Vitamin E, added | 0.0000 | mg |
| Tocopherol, beta | 0.0000 | mg |
| Tocopherol, gamma | 5.8300 | mg |
| Tocopherol, delta | 0.0000 | mg |
| Tocotrienol, alpha | 0.0000 | mg |
| Tocotrienol, beta | 0.0000 | mg |
| Tocotrienol, gamma | 0.0000 | mg |
| Tocotrienol, delta | 0.0000 | mg |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3), International Units | 0.0000 | IU |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0.0000 | µg |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | 9.7000 | µg |
| Vitamin K (Dihydrophylloquinone) | 0.0000 | µg |
| Fatty acids, total saturated | 32.2770 | g |
| SFA 4:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| SFA 6:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| SFA 8:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| SFA 10:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| SFA 12:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| SFA 13:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| SFA 14:0 | 0.0330 | g |
| SFA 15:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| SFA 16:0 | 13.3090 | g |
| SFA 17:0 | 0.1000 | g |
| SFA 18:0 | 18.2320 | g |
| SFA 20:0 | 0.5530 | g |
| SFA 22:0 | 0.0500 | g |
| SFA 24:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| Fatty acids, total monounsaturated | 16.0680 | g |
| MUFA 14:1 | 0.0000 | g |
| MUFA 15:1 | 0.0000 | g |
| MUFA 16:1 | 0.1000 | g |
| MUFA 17:1 | 0.0000 | g |
| MUFA 18:1 | 15.9690 | g |
| MUFA 18:1 c | 15.9690 | g |
| MUFA 20:1 | 0.0000 | g |
| MUFA 22:1 | 0.0000 | g |
| MUFA 24:1 c | 0.0000 | g |
| Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated | 1.5510 | g |
| PUFA 18:2 | 1.4350 | g |
| PUFA 18:3 | 0.1170 | g |
| PUFA 18:3 n-3 c,c,c (ALA) | 0.1170 | g |
| PUFA 18:3 n-6 c,c,c | 0.0000 | g |
| PUFA 18:4 | 0.0000 | g |
| PUFA 20:2 n-6 c,c | 0.0000 | g |
| PUFA 20:3 | 0.0000 | g |
| PUFA 20:4 | 0.0000 | g |
| PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA) | 0.0000 | g |
| PUFA 22:5 n-3 (DPA) | 0.0000 | g |
| PUFA 22:6 n-3 (DHA) | 0.0000 | g |
| Fatty acids, total trans | 0.0000 | g |
| Fatty acids, total trans-monoenoic | 0.0000 | g |
| TFA 18:1 t | 0.0000 | g |
| Cholesterol | 2.0000 | mg |
| Stigmasterol | 38.0000 | mg |
| Campesterol | 13.0000 | mg |
| Beta-sitosterol | 85.0000 | mg |
| Tryptophan | 0.1300 | g |
| Threonine | 0.3700 | g |
| Isoleucine | 0.4100 | g |
| Leucine | 0.6950 | g |
| Lysine | 0.4700 | g |
| Methionine | 0.1400 | g |
| Cystine | 0.2250 | g |
| Phenylalanine | 0.5250 | g |
| Tyrosine | 0.4250 | g |
| Valine | 0.6550 | g |
| Arginine | 0.8150 | g |
| Histidine | 0.2150 | g |
| Alanine | 0.4750 | g |
| Aspartic acid | 1.2700 | g |
| Glutamic acid | 1.8700 | g |
| Glycine | 0.5050 | g |
| Proline | 0.8800 | g |
| Serine | 0.5300 | g |
| Hydroxyproline | 0.0000 | g |
| Alcohol, ethyl | 0.0000 | g |
| Caffeine | 80.0000 | mg |
| Theobromine | 1297.0000 | mg |
Source: USDA FoodData Central (FDC ID: 167568)
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