Usually artificial flavors do a good job at tasting like things that they aren’t, except for artificial strawberry flavors. I like them, but they taste nothing like strawberries, even for an artificial flavor.
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Artificial flavors are one or two chemical compounds that are easily manufactured in a lab. This is a pretty good match for a lot of fruits.
Artificial strawberry flavor is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethyl_methylphenylglycidate. Actual strawberries have a [much more complicated chemical tasting profile.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry#Flavor_and_fragrance)
Additionally, strawberries are low-sugar for a fruit, so any kind of strawberry candy is kind of doomed from the outset.
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