Imagine you are about to eat the chocolate you received from trick-or-treating on Halloween, only to discover it is covered in pale spots. Do they hurt you? Is it possible to still eat chocolate?
Chocolate is safe to eat. There is a natural reaction to chocolate called "chocolate bloom." Understanding how chocolate is made is important to learning why chocolate blooms.
According to Nathan Kilah, a research chemist at the University of Tasmania in Australia, chocolate is made with cacao beans that are ferment and roasted to help create delicious flavors.
The average cocoa bean contains 50% cocoa butter and 50% cocoa fiber, according to the owner and co- founder of Santa Barbara Chocolate. Cocoa butter and cocoa fiber are the two main components of chocolate.
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There is a difference between cocoa and cacao. After the bean has been roasted, the word "cocoa" is reserved for it, according to Lake Champlain Chocolates.
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Santa Barbara Chocolate said that cocoa butter is responsible for chocolate's richness and that cocoa fiber gives regular chocolate its color and taste. The melting of cocoa butter leads to chocolate's wonderful melting sensation.
The nibs of the beans are separated from the shells after they are roasted. Cocoa mass, cocoa liquor or chocolate liquor is a paste made from the nibs. Santa Barbara Chocolate says that chocolate does not contain alcohol.
Cocoa mass is used to make dark chocolate. Milk is used to make chocolate. Cocoa butter and milk are used to make white chocolate.
When chocolate starts moving, it's called chocolate bloom. Sugar bloom and fat bloom are the two main types of bloom.
Cocoa butter migrates to the surface of the chocolate due to heat, light exposure or improper handling. The fat bloom appears to be white.
Sugar bloom can be brought on by storing chocolate in a moist environment or by removing cold chocolate from a refrigerator and exposing it to the moist air. The surface of sugar bloom is rough and speckled.
The process of heating and cooling liquid chocolate gives chocolate its strength. The melt sensation has been disrupted by the loss of the chocolate's structure. The sugar, fat and cocoa fiber have become unattractive in bloom.
Santa Barbara Chocolate said that large chocolate companies suppress fat bloom by reducing cocoa butter levels. Adding sugar or cocoa powder, which has been dried, powdered and had most of its cocoa butter removed, can reduce bloom. The chocolate's flavor can be influenced by these additions.
Kilah noted that chocolate bloom is harmless.
It's easy to revive bloomed chocolate. The shine, snap and smooth melt can be restored with proper temperatury.
Instead of throwing away bloomed chocolate, you can use it in baked goods that don't need the protective structure of solid chocolate. It's easy and fabulous. America's favorite fondue dipping fruit is chocolate-Dipped Straws.
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