U.S. PORK MARKET TRENDS USDA’s Sept 24 quarterly Hogs & Pigs report continued to show record large inventories: total hogs @ 79.1 mill head, up 0.7% from 2019; market hogs @ 72.8 mill, +0.8%; June-Aug pig crop -3.5% @ 35.1 mill; breeding herd -1.5% (a smaller decrease than expected; Sept’s breeding herd, although down from […]
Tempering Chocolate Basic Tempering Principles The process of tempering chocolate involves incorporating a small amount, typically 2-4%, of solid, stable cocoa butter crystals into melted chocolate. Cocoa butter is capable of solidifying into several different polymorphic forms that, as they cool and set, affect the surface finish, setting time, snap, and mouthfeel of the chocolate. […]
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