Grapes don’t actually smell like that. Neither do strawberries. Know what I’m talking about?
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Some of these artificial tastes come from versions of these fruits that are rare/no longer exist, such as the artificial banana taste in Laffy Taffy. It is based on the Gros Michel banana, which unfortunately is not commercially produced anymore (thanks, Monsanto).
Other artificial tastes come from a mixture of approximations about the taste of a fruit, combined with companies just making a good tasting product and trying to attribute it to a fruit for marketing purposes. For example, if I made a great candy that was bitter with notes of chocolate and earthiness, I could claim that it was coffee flavor and it would be close enough that someone would buy it because they know they like coffee.
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