Ülker Dark Chocolate 60% Cocoa Bar 60g – Turkish Bitter Kare

Ülker's Bitter Kare is the square dark chocolate bar found at practically every Turkish market checkout — a 60 g black-wrapped bar of 60% cocoa chocolate, scored into small squares meant to be broken off one at a time alongside tea or coffee. Ülker has been Turkey's biggest name in confectionery since two brothers opened a biscuit workshop in Istanbul's Eminönü district in 1944, and the company has been making chocolate since 1974.

At 60% cocoa, this bar sits in the approachable middle of the dark range: real cocoa depth and a clean bitter finish, but rounded enough that people who find 80%+ bars harsh still enjoy it. The recipe includes a small amount of whey powder and clarified butter (both milk), which softens the edge — worth knowing if you are looking for a dairy-free dark chocolate, because this is not one. Per 100 g it carries 9.5 g of fibre and 548 kcal, according to the manufacturer's label data.

Ingredients: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa powder, whey powder (milk), clarified butter (milk), emulsifiers (soy lecithin, PGPR), flavouring. Cocoa solids minimum 60%. Allergens: milk, soy; may contain traces of peanuts, eggs, tree nuts and gluten.

• 60 g square bar ("kare" means square in Turkish), made in Türkiye
• Minimum 60% cocoa solids, as stated on the label
• Pairs naturally with Turkish coffee or black tea
• Available as a single bar or a 3-pack

If you grew up with Ülker chocolate, or you want to taste the everyday dark chocolate Turks actually buy rather than a tourist-shop version, this is the bar.