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Chocolate Appearance: Why does chocolate sometimes have a white or gray look to it?

April 26, 2017Appearance chocolate Gray look white

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Chocolate Appearance: Why does chocolate sometimes have a white or gray look to it?

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Real chocolate has a large amount of cocoa butter in its formulation that can separate from the other ingredients. The cocoa butter will rise to the surface when subjected to extreme heat. Then when cooled, the surface of the chocolate can appear as looking a cloudy gray or white or have spots on it. This is known as “chocolate bloom”. Bloom may cause the chocolate to lose its normal, creamy texture and flavor. The age of a product is not a factor regarding bloom. Bloom can happen on very fresh chocolate. We recommend that real chocolate be stored between 60-70 degrees.