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I've heard American chocolate tastes different because they originally used spoiled milk to save money and eventually people got used to the taste and it became the norm.
I think I heard that on either How it's Made or Modern Marvels
Not true. What it can happen is that some producers utilize lipolysis, which may cause the formation of butyric acid (AFAIK): https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/finding-flavor-chocolate
I highly doubt anyone would use "spoiled" milk, as powder milk exists since 1802.
Hey man when you're right you're right.
That's my bad I remembered it wrong.
Well, I've heard something akin to that and I checked it very recently. I heard before (even read it) that because milkeries in the US are far from chocolate factories, butyric acid was used to preserve milk for a long journey, but as Europe is tiny and can fit on the back of a large pick up truck, they didn't have such problem.
That was a misunderstanding from the journalist that published that (AFAIK).
I can't find the original, but this also talks about it: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hersheys-chocolate-tastes-like-vomit_l_60479e5fc5b6af8f98bec0cd
That's exactly correct. It gave the milk a slightly spoiled taste which resulted in the chocolate being more bitter in flavor. I simply misremembered all the details.