Chocolate-covered raisin also manufactures a Sun-Maid brand of chocolate-covered raisins. There is a non-dairy equivalent made of sugar (non-refined), cocoa mass, cocoa butter, raisins and vanillin. A similar food, also commonly sold at movie theaters, is the chocolate-covered peanut. As described above, the two products are often combined for consumption in a mixture. Less common alternatives are the chocolate-covered almond or the chocolate-covered macadamia. Chocolate-covered raisin Chocolate-covered raisins are a popular bulk vending product. They consist (as the name suggests) of raisins coated in a shell of milk, dark or white chocolate. They have a reputation in many countries of being food
Types of chocolate and sugar alcohols (sorbitol, maltitol, etc.) are not permitted. Products manufactured or imported into Canada that contain non-permitted ingredients (vegetable fats or oils, artificial sweeteners) cannot legally be called "chocolate" when sold in Canada. A non-standardized name such as "candy" must be used. Products labelled as "Family Milk Chocolate" elsewhere in the European Union are permitted to be labelled as simply "Milk Chocolate" in Malta, the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland. In Japan, 'chocolate products' are classified on a complex scale (q.v. ). Products using milk chocolate or quasi milk chocolate as described above are handled in the same