TIL that Hershey's chocolate is flavored with sour-tasting butyric acid, which also gives vomit its aroma. This is why people unaccustomed to American chocolate sometimes compare it to vomit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey_bar#Hershey.27s_milk_chocolate



Submitted January 31, 2015 at 09:22PM by ElagabalusRex http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2ub8so/til_that_hersheys_chocolate_is_flavored_with/