Eli5 how were artificial flavors originally made

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Was thinking about this earlier when eating some jello. How did we create the flavor of something like all the different fruity flavors without there being any of the real thing in them? Appreciate the responses!

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Chemical reactions often result in the exact same chemical that naturally is made.

You isolate the main chemical that gives a product its flavour, and then you try to make that chemical yourself..

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