Why chocolate grows white

Why chocolate grows white

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Chocolate – one of the most favourite delicacies and children, and adults. If guests came, it is possible to serve box of chocolates to tea if there is a wish to thank the person - it is possible to prepare a chocolate bar as a gift and if you decided to visit friends with children - chocolate bar will become a pleasant surprise for kids. Therefore often this delicacy is bought for the future and stored houses, and after a while on it the white raid can appear.

The white raid on chocolate causes a set of a controversy and disagreements. Some consider that the delicacy covered with a white raid old, and the term of its validity expired. Others are sure that it is sign of low-quality products. And the third believe at all that it not that other as a fungus. Therefore often people make the decision to throw out delicacy not to risk once again.

However there is nothing critical in the appeared white spots. Moreover, chocolate will not change the tastes, only its appearance will deteriorate. Therefore it is possible to regale on it without fears for the health.

Actually chocolate grows white because of the increased humidity in air. So, if you put a tile in the fridge, through some time she will a little turn white. But this normal and easily explainable phenomenon. Emergence of a white raid is explained also by temperature drop of the environment and allocation of cocoa butter on a chocolate bar surface. Respectively, the white raid is considered a sure sign of quality of products and confirms its naturalness. Today, when not all producers watch quality of products and arrive honestly in relation to the buyers, risk to get a fake as a part of which there are no cocoa beans even is especially big. Therefore if on your chocolate the white raid appeared – do not worry, so you made a right choice in shop. And that on your delicacy the white raid did not appear, and it kept all the great qualities, it is necessary to store it correctly. It is recommended to keep chocolate in the dry room in which temperature is 15-18 degrees Celsius. On light it is not desirable to hold a tile - it can cause oxidation owing to what the sweet will develop a rancid taste. And, at last, the chocolate bar should be stored in tight packing as it pretty fast absorbs various smells.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team

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