Ingredient Spotlight: Magic of Milk Fat

Ingredient Spotlight: Magic of Milk Fat 

Formulation Science, Consumer-Driven Design and Benefits

Chocolate formulation starts long before the finished chocolate.

Understanding the raw materials in a formula and how those ingredients interact is essential to understanding product quality, performance, consumer response and cost.

On Saturday, November 7, CocoaTown’s Empowering Chocopreneurs® webinar series welcomes Scott Johnson for a deep dive into an ingredient that may receive less attention than cocoa, sugar or other major components: anhydrous milk fat.

Webinar: Ingredient Spotlight: Magic of Milk Fat
Presenter: Scott Johnson
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Atlanta time
Location: Virtual

Why look more closely at anhydrous milk fat?

A small ingredient can still have an important role in a formulation.

Scott will explore what anhydrous milk fat is, how it functions within the fat phase of chocolate and why the way it is incorporated matters.

One important concept will be dispersion. The potential benefits of anhydrous milk fat depend on the fat being available throughout the formulation rather than becoming trapped or bound in a way that prevents it from functioning as intended.

The webinar will connect the technical science with practical formulation decisions.

What will the webinar cover?

Participants can expect discussion of:

• what anhydrous milk fat is

• how it interacts with the fat phase

• why proper dispersion matters

• formulation science and ingredient behavior

• potential quality considerations

• consumer-driven product design

• cost and margin considerations

• practical formulation examples

Scott’s approach begins with the raw materials themselves.

Chocolate makers may naturally want to start with the finished chocolate, but understanding the individual components gives formulators a stronger foundation for understanding what happens in the final product.

From ingredient knowledge to better formulation decisions

Ingredient knowledge is valuable not simply because science is interesting.

Understanding how ingredients behave can help chocolate makers ask better questions when developing products, troubleshooting formulations, evaluating consumer preferences or considering production costs.

During the session, Scott will work through formulation examples to help connect the science to practical chocolate applications.

Join us

Whether you are developing new chocolate products, refining existing formulations or simply want to deepen your understanding of chocolate ingredients, we invite you to join us.

Saturday, November 7, 2026
10:00 AM–12:00 PM Atlanta time
Virtual

REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR: https://form.jotform.com/262935213340148

CocoaTown’s Empowering Chocopreneurs® webinar series brings together practical knowledge, industry experience and ideas that help chocolate makers continue learning and growing.