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Chocolate And Chemistry Meet
November 25, 2011
Chocolate is downright mouth-watering, and most of us aren't exactly aware of the reason why we just can't resist it allure. But those who make chocolate pretty much know why people find it irresistible, and it all boils down to chemistry.
Chocolate may be sweet and all that but the main culprit for its unexplainable appeal is the fat, according to Professor Dolores O’Riordan of University College Dublin who is based in the Institute of Food and Health. In a lecture during the Science week named Smart Chemistry – Tasty Food!, she said "The melting of the fat is very important."
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Chocolate Label – What Does It Mean?
September 16, 2010
I am a label reader. In fact, I judiciously read labels because it is a matter of life or death for my daughter who has serious food allergies. But just because I read labels doesn’t mean I understand everything on them!
Luckily, I have experience understanding what’s on a chocolate label. When I was developing product for a large chocolate manufacturer, part of my job was to create the labels that went on our chocolates.
So, what exactly are things like “chocolate liquor,” “cocoa butter,” “soya lecithin,” or “butter fat” (by the way, isn’t butter fat a bit redundant)?
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