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EyeWontBeFooled posted...

Hasn't it long been rumored that Hershey's uses off date milk in its chocolate recipe?

I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if such a rumor existed but I can guarantee that the method that is used that causes the acid to form is *vastly* more important. As in, if you bought a cow, raised it until it gave you milk, and then used that milk to make chocolate it would still have the exact same sort of problem as Hershey's does (ignoring the fact that, you know, the rest of your chocolate would probably not be cheap and thus dramatically better to the American palate ~.~) if you did not change the methods of how Hershey's makes its chocolate in the first place.

You are correct about the problem being in the milk, however, as that is where the formation happens. It is also why some store bought milk is extremely sour even if it hasn't gone bad as the process is specifically used in America due to the milk in question having to travel over large distances and be stored for lengthy periods.