Sal fat: version 1

Saved 2026-09-17 13:04 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the 45 g four-finger KitKat (EAN-8 50426942, GS1 UK) from the wanted queue, plus family/kitkat and four new cocoa-butter-equivalent ingredient stubs (illipe fat, sal fat, kokum butter, mango ker. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Sal fat <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sal fat
disambiguation: Cocoa butter equivalent permitted in chocolate
vegan: yes
vegetarian: yes
allergen: none
parent: ingredient/vegetable-fat
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target                   | market | from | until | ended | status  | source    | note                                                                        |
| ---- | ------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| is_a | ingredient/vegetable-fat |        |      |       |       | sourced | ^cocoadir | Annex II lists it among the vegetable fats permitted in chocolate products. |
<!--/relations-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name        | type   | locale | from | until |
| ----------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Sal butter  | search | en     |      |       |
| Sal stearin | search | en     |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref      | url                                                                     | title                                                                         | accessed   | publisher          | kind     | published  | record_id     | locator  | licence      | attribution                  | upstream                                              |
| -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------ | -------- | ---------- | ------------- | -------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| packback | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/000/005/042/6942/2.jpg | Back of the 45 g wrapper: ingredients, EAN-8, Fairtrade and Cocoa Plan blocks | 2026-09-17 | Open Food Facts    | pack     | 2015-02-16 | 0000050426942 | imgid 2  | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0000050426942 |
| cocoadir | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2000/36/2020-12-31                  | Directive 2000/36/EC relating to cocoa and chocolate products, Annex II       | 2026-09-17 | legislation.gov.uk | registry | 2000-06-23 |               | Annex II | ocl          |                              |                                                       |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Sal fat is one of the six vegetable fats other than cocoa butter that Directive 2000/36/EC permits in chocolate products, up to 5 % of the finished product; Annex II names it "Sal (Shorea robusta)".[^cocoadir] It is declared in the vegetable fat bracket of the 45 g four-finger KitKat wrapper sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[^packback]
<!--/about-->