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Chocolate's secret ingredient is the fermenting microbes that make it taste so good

  • Written by Caitlin Clark, Ph.D. Candidate in Food Science, Colorado State University
Chocolate's secret ingredient is the fermenting microbes that make it taste so goodUnderneath the shiny wrapper, a chocolate bunny is a fermented food.Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images

Whether baked as chips into a cookie, melted into a sweet warm drink or molded into the shape of a smiling bunny, chocolate is one of the world’s most universally consumed foods.

Even the biggest chocolate lovers, though, might...

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