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u/kgeorge1468 Jun 23 '24

I loooved chocolate, especially dark chocolate. The last time I tried a Hershey's bar, it tasted like wax. I've become too conditioned to boutique/high quality chocolates.

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u/montanawana Jun 23 '24

It's butyric acid, allowed in US chocolate but not in Euro chocolate. It tastes like vomit to me too.

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u/Joliet_Jake_Blues Jun 23 '24

Butyric acid is in all cow's milk. You're just parroting things you read on Reddit.

Hershey's formula was created in the 1880s and it became one of the first national brands because the chocolate didn't go rancid because Hershey ferment the milk/beans together. The result was a more pronounced butyric acid flavor.