Editing The Hershey Company (section)

==Perception outside the U.S.==
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The presence of [[butyric acid]] in Hershey's chocolate, due to the use of controlled [[lipolysis]] in the production process, results in a flavor unfamiliar to those accustomed to chocolate from other parts of the world.{{clarify|date=January 2025}}{{cn|date=January 2025}} In the UK, this has often been compared to the smell and taste of vomit.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2021 |title=Why Hershey's Chocolate Tastes Like ... Well, Vomit |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hersheys-chocolate-tastes-like-vomit_l_60479e5fc5b6af8f98bec0cd |website=HuffPost UK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mahdawi |first=Arwa |date=January 4, 2023 |title=Why is American chocolate so disgusting? You really don't want to know |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/04/why-is-american-chocolate-so-disgusting-you-really-dont-want-to-know |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Spector |first1=Tim |author1-link=Tim Spector |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/435986/food-for-life-by-spector-tim/9781787330498 |title=Food for Life |date=October 27, 2022 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=9781787330498 |chapter=29. Sweet Treats |quote=...dark chocolate was first combined with powdered milk to soften and sweeten it by the Swiss [[Nestlé]] company and Hershey's in America later blended it with milk fat that is partly broken down by enzymes, adding a mildly rancid, cheesy flavour that blends with the cocoa. Hershey's only contains about 13% cocoa and doesn't export well to those not raised on it and many European's, like myself, think it smells unpleasantly of vomit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 29, 2020 |title=Why American chocolate tastes like VOMIT &#124; QI - BBC |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qWl9Dlts5g |via=YouTube}}</ref>