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# Hello! I'm doing some experiments with 39% milk chocolate formulas but I've been experiencing some…
- URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/hello-im-doing-some-experiments-with-39-milk-chocolate-formulas-but-ive-been-experiencing-some/
- Published: 2017-12-07T17:42:54.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-10T19:32:50.000Z
- Author: The Archivist
- Tags: Ask TCL

Hello! I’m doing some experiments with 39% milk chocolate formulas but I’ve been experiencing some issues regarding its viscosity. The formulas I’ve tried have 37.9%, 38.5% and 40.2% total fat. I’m using a ball mill and the chocolate gets to a point where is way too thick and doesn’t flow.. at all. I have added lecithin at the end (0.5%) and it improves but not much.

Has anyone encountered a similar issue? any advices? any easy-peasy milk chocolate recipe I should try?

Thanks 🙂

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Comment by: Sebastian

Posted on: May 20, 2018

Hi Daniela – can you give me some more information please? What would be useful to help better understand your scenario would be:  
– What’s the origin of your cocoa beans, do you know how fermented they are (ie have you performed a cut test on them), and even better – bonus points if you can answer this one – do you know the fat and moisture content of them post roasting?  
– Can you provide your exact formulation? Ingredients, %’s, and type of milk?  
– Is your ball mill water jacketed?  
– Are you using fluid lecithin or granular? 

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