Fighting 'fat bloom' can mean a prettier look for Valentine’s Day chocolates

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Chocolate with fat bloom (left) sits next to normal chocolate. Researchers have found a way to prevent this powdery white coating. Credit: Courtesy of Loders Croklaan BV The Netherlands
Chocolate with "fat bloom" (left) sits next to normal chocolate. Researchers have found a way to prevent this powdery white coating. Credit: Courtesy of Loders Croklaan BV, The Netherlands

Chemists in England and the Netherlands have discovered a substance that could keep those boxes of Valentine’s Day chocolates, and other goodies, looking fresher and tastier. Their finding, which prevents formation of unsightly white films on the outside of chocolate, is scheduled for the March 12 issue of the ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.


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