How are artificial flavors made? Grape flavoring for example…It’s delicious. But what is it?
In: Chemistry
Natural and artificial flavors are often chemically identical down to the atom. The only difference is whether they’re extracted from a natural source or synthesized. So they start with a substance extracted from grapes, figure out its composition, that particular molecule is “natural grape flavoring”. Then they figure out a way to synthesize that molecule, the stuff they synthesize, even though it’s the exact same stuff, is called artificial.
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