Chocolate contains cocoa butter that is crystallized in the V(β) polymorph phase. A transition to VI(β) causes
fat bloom on chocolate.
Structures from Acta Cryst. (2001). B57, 372-377; Acta Cryst. (2006). B62, 1121-1130; Acta Cryst. (2006). B62, 1131-1138; Acta Cryst. (2008). B64, 240–248.
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