Why Hershey's Chocolate Tastes Like Vomit: Butyric Acid

Adam Ragusea · Explainer · 14 min · 2020 · YouTube title: Why Hershey bars taste like vomit (and I love them)

Why it's here

HN recommends it as a fascinating explanation of how taste is cultural and why American chocolate tastes distinctive.

What it covers

Adam Ragusea explores why Hershey's chocolate tastes the way it does to many non-Americans, tracing it to butyric acid and Hershey's history, and why familiarity makes Americans love it. He compares it with British Cadbury.