Amul 55% cocoa dark chocolate gives around 130 kcal per 25 g square, with about 8 g fat, 14 g carbs, and 11 g added sugar, so portion size matters.
Mild Cocoa
Bold Cocoa
Intense Cocoa
Everyday Square (25 g)
- About 130 kcal
- ~8 g fat / ~14 g carbs
- ~11 g added sugar
Snack size
Mini Bar (40 g)
- About 208 kcal
- 17 g sugar in the pack
- 2.5 g protein
Pocket pack
Full Label (100 g)
- 557 kcal total
- 33.7 g fat / 43 g sugar
- 6 g protein
Read before you binge
What You Get In One Square Of Amul Dark Chocolate
A small square from a standard Amul dark bar feels harmless, but it packs dense energy. A 25 gram piece lands near 130 calories, about 8.4 grams of fat, roughly 14 grams of carbohydrate, about 10 to 11 grams of added sugar, and around 1.5 grams of protein.
Scale that up to the full 100 gram nutrition panel printed on the wrapper and you see the pattern: around 557 calories, 33.7 grams of fat, 20.4 grams of saturated fat, 57.3 grams of total carbs, 43 grams of added sugar and 6 grams of protein per 100 grams.
That high calorie density comes from cocoa butter. Cocoa butter is the natural fat in cocoa beans, and Amul lists cocoa butter and cocoa solids as core ingredients with no vegetable fat and no milk solids in the regular 55% bar.
Macro Snapshot Table
| Nutrient | 25 g Square | 100 g Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kcal) | 130 | 557 |
| Total Fat (g) | 8.4 | 33.7 |
| Saturated Fat (g) | 5.1 | 20.4 |
| Total Carbs (g) | 14.3 | 57.3 |
| Added Sugar (g) | 10.8 | 43.0 |
| Protein (g) | 1.5 | 6.0 |
In plain terms, a regular bar is calorie dense, sugary, and high in saturated fat. That combo is common for dark chocolate in general.
Amul Dark Chocolate Calories And Sugar Breakdown
Calories first. A full 100 gram Amul bar lands near 557 kcal, so even a 40 gram pocket pack still brings about 208 kcal.
Now sugar. The classic 55% recipe lists roughly 43 grams of added sugar per 100 grams. That means sugar alone supplies close to 170 calories in the whole bar.
Health agencies in India now push hard on cutting added sugar. ICMR–NIN and FSSAI are rolling out guidance that caps intake near 25 grams added sugar per day for an adult eating around 2,000 calories, which equals about five teaspoons.
One 40 gram travel bar of Amul dark chocolate carries about 17 grams of sugar. Eat that whole mini bar and you’ve already burned through most of that daily sugar budget.
Fat And Saturated Fat
Most of the calories come from cocoa butter fat. A 100 gram label shows about 33 to 34 grams total fat and just over 20 grams saturated fat.
Cocoa butter is mostly stearic and palmitic acids. Dark chocolate in general leans high in saturated fat, which is one reason serving size stays small in many diet plans worldwide.
Protein And Minerals
Protein sits low, around 6 grams per 100 grams in the regular 55% bar, so a casual square delivers only a gram or two.
That said, darker bars tend to hold trace minerals from cocoa solids, like magnesium and iron, which are naturally present in cocoa.
Cocoa Percentage And Flavor Curve
Cocoa percentage on Amul bars tells you how much of the bar comes from cocoa solids and cocoa butter. The classic bar sits at 55% cocoa, the Bitter Chocolate steps up to 75%, and Bitter Intense climbs to 90% and beyond. As that number rises, sugar drops and bitterness rises, because there’s less room for sugar and flavourings. Amul even sells a 99% cacao block that’s basically pressed cocoa mass with almost no sweetness at all.
How The Label Reads And Why It Matters
Ingredient Order
The Amul wrapper lists sugar first, then cocoa solids, cocoa butter, permitted emulsifiers, and flavour. That tells you sugar still leads by weight in the 55% bar.
Move up the cocoa ladder and that order flips. The 75% Bitter Chocolate and 90% Bitter Intense bars lean harder on cocoa solids and pull sugar down. A 75% bar drops sugar to about 25 grams per 100 grams, almost half of the classic bar’s 43 grams.
“No Milk Solids” Claim
Amul markets the 55% bar as dairy free: no milk solids, no vegetable fat, pure cocoa butter. That point matters for anyone who wants dark chocolate without milk powder.
“Sugar Free” Version
There’s also a sugar-free label line sweetened with maltitol. The Amul site lists 0 grams added sugar and about 475 kcal per 100 grams for that bar.
Maltitol still counts as carbohydrate, and the sugar-free bar still delivers more than 30 grams of fat per 100 grams. So “sugar-free” here means no table sugar, not no calories.
Portion Tips And Daily Limits
How Much Is Reasonable In A Day
A practical way to treat Amul dark bars is to plan around a 25 gram square or at most a 40 gram mini bar, then stop. That range lands between 130 and 208 calories and keeps added sugar closer to one day’s limit instead of blasting past it.
ICMR–NIN calls out high added sugar intake as a driver for lifestyle diseases, and current outreach backed by FSSAI aims to put that “25 grams of sugar, 30 grams of oil or ghee” message in schools and government offices across India.
Timing And Cravings
Dark chocolate has caffeine and theobromine from cocoa. Those plant stimulants can nudge alertness and appetite in the short term.
Many people reach for chocolate late at night. That habit can stack sugar and saturated fat right before sleep, which is not ideal if you’re watching weight or blood sugar. Cutting the portion to one square and saving the wrapper is a simple guardrail.
Who Should Slow Down
Anyone tracking blood sugar, LDL cholesterol, or weight loss has reason to watch serving size. High added sugar and high saturated fat in one snack can blow through daily sugar guidance and also add a lot of dense fat grams in minutes.
Reading Serving Size On The Wrapper
Here’s a label trick that helps: flip the pack and check what “per serve” means. The 40 gram mini bar lists numbers per 40 grams, not per square. The big bar lists numbers per 100 grams. That gap can fool you, because a casual break-off chunk from the big bar might be closer to 20 to 25 grams. Doing that math stops portion creep and keeps sugar closer to the ICMR–NIN 25 gram cap.
How Different Amul Bars Compare
Amul sells a line, not just one bar. You’ll see Classic 55% Dark, Sugar Free Dark, Bitter Chocolate 75%, Bitter Intense 90%, and even 99% Cacao. The higher the cocoa %, the lower the sugar tends to run, but the fat per 100 grams often climbs because cocoa butter goes up.
Variant Snapshot Table
| Variant (Cocoa %) | Calories Per 100 g | Added Sugar Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Classic Dark ~55% | 557 kcal | 43 g |
| Bitter Chocolate ~75% | 538 kcal | 25.3 g |
| Sugar Free Dark ~55% | 475 kcal | 0 g (maltitol sweetened) |
The sugar-free bar drops added sugar to zero on the label, but energy still sits near 475 kcal per 100 grams, which is only a modest dip next to the classic bar.
The Bitter Chocolate 75% bar lands around 538 kcal per 100 grams with about 25 grams sugar. That’s a middle ground: less sugar than the 55% bar, more sugar than the 90% and 99% bars, and a stronger cocoa punch.
When A Higher Cocoa % Helps
Raising cocoa % shrinks sugar per bite. A 90% Bitter Intense label can drop sugar close to 10 grams per 100 grams, compared with 43 grams in the sweet 55% bar.
That sugar cut lines up with the ICMR–NIN call to keep added sugar low. Their outreach now frames more than 25 grams added sugar per day as “high sugar.”
Storage Tip For Texture
Store the bar in a dry place near 15–20°C to keep cocoa butter from blooming.
Practical Takeaway For Daily Life
Here’s the simple read: Amul’s 55% bar tastes sweet because sugar still leads the ingredient list, and that means one casual square can send a lot of fast sugar and saturated fat your way. That hit lands fast if you eat it mindlessly.
If you’re trying to keep sugar closer to the ICMR–NIN cap, the Bitter Chocolate 75% or the sugar-free maltitol bar gives you a darker bite and trims sugar grams per 100 grams.
Want more label detail and cocoa wording straight from the source? You can scan the Amul nutrition data page and the ICMR–NIN sugar advice PDF for deeper context. Amul nutrition data and ICMR–NIN sugar advice both spell out the numbers behind the bars and the daily sugar cap.