Jim, in your research for raspberry flavorings, how, exactly did the idea of tasting beaver anal gland secretions come up as a hypothesis?
I gotta hand it to you, Jim. You really were thinking waaaaay outside the box on this one.
P.S. “outside the box” thinking is what pre-millennials called “innovative”, “disruptive”, and “transformational” thinking in constructing their content-free curriculum vitae in ye olden days of yore, before cell phones were a “thing”. Get off my lawn!
Orange.
As in orange jello, orange lifesavers, orange jellybeans.
Orange is a color, not a flavor, but it is the flavor of the color orange. Like in Fanta or Sunkist Orange.
Actually@mike808 , I thought the answer might be: “Oops! Mediocrebot totally meant to make that a survey response, but left it off by accident. Meant to. Really. Totally did. Trust us, because the staff at Mediocre/Meh have great taste in food and food-like substances.”
I’d read somewhere that the reason artificial banana tastes so unusual is that it’s modeled after the flavor of the Gros Michel banana, not the Cavendish banana we get in stores today. Alas, the Gros Michel, by all accounts a much more flavorful banana, is extremely hard to find today because it was extremely susceptible to blight. A shortage of Gros Michel bananas due to blight is what led to the song “Yes, We Have No Bananas Today”. The Cavendish banana was a replacement, and we’ve been eating it ever since.
@sanspoint
To take it a step further, bananas are especially susceptible to disease because they are almost all genetically identical. The way banana plants are produced (for agriculture) is by cuttings from another plant, because planting seeds is slower and produces inconsistent fruit. We still do this with the Cavendish bananas, meaning they have an equal risk of near extinction. This is also a concern with GMO crops, such as soybeans, papaya, corn, etc.
Grape!
Circus peanut flavor, otherwise known as banana. Yum!
@mfladd
Refrigerated battery acid
Castoreum.
Raspberry from beaver anal gland secretions for the win!
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/castoreum/
@mike808
Hey boss, I found the perfect artificial raspberry flavor for our gum.
Fantastic Jim how and where did you find it?
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@Ignorant
FTFY:
Hey boss, I found the perfect
artificialall-natural raspberry flavor for our gum.Fantastic Jim how and where did you find it?
@mike808 oh yes, very true.
@Ignorant
The more interesting question is this:
I gotta hand it to you, Jim. You really were thinking waaaaay outside the box on this one.
P.S. “outside the box” thinking is what pre-millennials called “innovative”, “disruptive”, and “transformational” thinking in constructing their content-free curriculum vitae in ye olden days of yore, before cell phones were a “thing”. Get off my lawn!
@Ignorant @mike808 brings a whole new meaning to “blowing a raspberry”, huh!
They’re all pretty nasty, TBH. Especially in really inexpensive products like store brands.
@ruouttaurmind EVEN IN SKITTLES???
@Al_Coholic Skittles, Starburst, and even Jolly Rancher.
@ruouttaurmind
If you ever end up with 10 pounds worth, send them to me…
@PlacidPenguin @ruouttaurmind I’ll take all the apple and blue raspberry if you don’t want them.
@RiotDemon
@ruouttaurmind
Actually, it depends on what kind of Jolly Rancher is available.
Before sending them to me, let me know the kind. They might have to be given to Riot instead.
Banana, the flavor that escaped extinction.
Bouillon Cubes are pretty good.
Vanillin
Orange.
As in orange jello, orange lifesavers, orange jellybeans.
Orange is a color, not a flavor, but it is the flavor of the color orange. Like in Fanta or Sunkist Orange.
@2many2no Taste the colors…
@2many2no orange tic tacs. The only ones worth buying.
I like all the artificial flavors just fine. Purple, blue, red, green… none of them are bad. (besides bananana)
Orange, lime, and lemon are often pretty good.
I’m a yellow girl. I like banana and lemon
@candiedisilvio1 Do you like circus peanuts?
Where’s the: “If it contains artificial fruit flavoring, I do not consider it food.” response?
@rockblossom
Surely that was a rhetorical question, yes?
It was, and don’t call me Shirley.
Actually@mike808 , I thought the answer might be: “Oops! Mediocrebot totally meant to make that a survey response, but left it off by accident. Meant to. Really. Totally did. Trust us, because the staff at Mediocre/Meh have great taste in food and food-like substances.”I’d read somewhere that the reason artificial banana tastes so unusual is that it’s modeled after the flavor of the Gros Michel banana, not the Cavendish banana we get in stores today. Alas, the Gros Michel, by all accounts a much more flavorful banana, is extremely hard to find today because it was extremely susceptible to blight. A shortage of Gros Michel bananas due to blight is what led to the song “Yes, We Have No Bananas Today”. The Cavendish banana was a replacement, and we’ve been eating it ever since.
@sanspoint Today I learned- thanks! Now I want one of those other bananas.
@sanspoint @sammydog01
I thought that was just an urban legend.
@sammydog01 @sanspoint
Interested in knowing the truth, though I’m a bit preoccupied to do flavor research.
@sanspoint
To take it a step further, bananas are especially susceptible to disease because they are almost all genetically identical. The way banana plants are produced (for agriculture) is by cuttings from another plant, because planting seeds is slower and produces inconsistent fruit. We still do this with the Cavendish bananas, meaning they have an equal risk of near extinction. This is also a concern with GMO crops, such as soybeans, papaya, corn, etc.
@DVDBZN
What about baby corn?
Grape. It doesn’t taste like any real grape I’ve ever eaten, but it’s a pretty tasty flavor in its own right.
Blue raspberry hasn’t received a mention yet. I love it. I like almost all fake flavoring. Which is weird because I’m not a big candy eater.