The artificial flavors used in sodas, medicine, … tend to have this unique flavor profile and most people can tell it is not natural. Why is this?
In: Chemistry
Chemistry is chemistry. For example grape has been perfectly replicated. My kids had a bouncy ball at one time that smelled exactly like grapes.
A big part of it is that most artificial flavors only duplicate one or two of the flavor ingredients of the original. For example, vanillin is used for fake vanilla. It is one chemical compound. Real vanilla contains over 200. Vanillin is the dominant flavor, but far from the only one. The artificial flavor is extremely simple and one-note compared to the real thing.
Actually most things have some sort of artificiality in them but you can’t tell. Only like 12% of all vanilla in the world is real vanilla. And many other things are very artificial like wasabi or orange juice. But most of the things you’re describing are syrup based products. So that’s the unique taste you’re sensing
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