How To Know Expired Chocolate And Expiry Date Of Types Of Chocolate

Depending on the type, chocolate has different shelf life and their shelf life is often quite long. However, you may not know how chocolate is expired chocolate and broken chocolate will show any signs? Let Cacao Trong Duc guide you more about shelf life of chocolate and how to identify chocolate offline!

Shelf life of all types of chocolate

Thanks to the flavonoid compound found in chocolate, it helps reduce oxidation, so chocolate usually has a longer shelf life than other foods. Depending on which chocolate has different shelf life. Most chocolates have a shelf life of 18 months to 2 years when unopened. Time to use of other types of chocolate such as:

Chocolate syrup can be kept for 2 years when unopened and 6 months after opening. It is important to store them in the refrigerator so as not to damage the chocolate.

The melted chocolate has a shelf life of 1 year and must be stored in the kitchen or refrigerator.

Sugar-free chocolate will expire after 18 months if you haven't used it in time.

For chocolate with high cocoa content will hold longer, they will be safe for consumption within 2-5 years. For example, dark chocolate lines have a cocoa content of 70% - 100%.

Milk chocolate - the chocolate favored by customers only has a shelf life of about 18 months.

With handmade chocolates, if you store in the fridge, they will keep them for about a week, but if you put them in a place with a temperature of 20 degrees, it can only be 3-5 days. Because handmade chocolate does not use preservatives, the storage time is very short.

According to the above information, you also understand somewhat the shelf life of all types of chocolate and to preserve them best is stored in the refrigerator at the right temperature.

How to identify broken chocolate

The best way to know if chocolate is broken or not? You should taste it. The chocolate flavor changes, unlike at first, the taste of other foods such as onions or foods in the refrigerator, you should throw it away immediately.

Chocolate will absorb all the surrounding flavors if they no longer have their inherent taste. Therefore, the chocolate has the taste of other foods and odors, you should not eat to ensure safety for your health.

Also, when you see chocolate bars with white spots on the surface, do not rush to throw them away. Because this is the Fat Bloom phenomenon - a phenomenon that occurs when chocolate is exposed to sudden high temperatures. This will cause the fats in the chocolate to melt and rise to the surface until the chocolate is returned to normal temperature, which will cause these fats to freeze and form white spots on the surface of the chocolate. .

For this phenomenon, chocolate is not broken, they retain their original flavor and do not change. So you still feel secure about the quality and they are still safe, so you can eat it.

The best way to preserve chocolate

To preserve chocolate is extremely simple. This is one of the tips of Cacao Trong Duc to share with you:

They should be stored at temperatures between 18 - 24 degrees C and humidity from 50 - 60%.

Chocolate should be tightly sealed and absolutely do not allow chocolate to come into direct contact with sunlight.

Avoid leaving chocolates next to other flavored foods that make them lose their characteristic flavor.

Store chocolate in a clean place free from insects and mold.

To preserve chocolate cold and not cause them to break, you need to wrap in plastic bags or foil.

Chocolate should not be stored in a vacuum because it will break them.

With the above ways to preserve chocolate, you will have some valuable experience to help them always taste good and retain the specific flavor when you enjoy it, right? Let's Cacao Trong Duc preserve the sweet and scrumptious chocolate bars well.

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