How do companies create flavours like fruits,coffee etc without using actual fruit or coffee?

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How do companies create flavours like fruits,coffee etc without using actual fruit or coffee?

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Answer 1

All flavors come from different molecules interacting with your senses of taste and smell. Food scientists figure out which molecules create which flavors, then either extract or synthesize those molecules. Then they can be added to anything to create the desired flavor combination.