Davida Chazan - The Chocolate Lady wrote:
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>
> Not true. Hershey's uses FRESH milk, but because milk is water based
> and cocoa is oil based, the extremely high temperature that is needed
> to get the oil and water to mix makes the fresh milk *almost* go
sour.
> This is ONLY done by Hershey - not by other manufacturers. All other
> manufacturers use powdered milk to make their milk chocolate
(starting
> with Mr. Cadbury who met Mr. Nestle who invented powdered milk).
>

Davida, Cadbury uses a special kind of dairy product( called milk
crumb) and not milk powder. That particular milk crumb is processed and
cooked to confer the desired caramelic flavor in milk which makes the
chocolate have and appealing taste.
Roy