Why Do We Eat Artificial Flavors?

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Where do artificial flavors come from? Well whether it’s your average store bought yogurt, granola bar, or even butter, a lot of food we eat today is full of artificial flavoring. Why did this happen? Well it actually has to do with the strange history of vanilla (yes! boring old vanilla) and the human perception of taste. How does it all work? Watch the episode to find out!

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History of fake flavors:
Vanilla
http://theplate.nationalgeographic.com/2014/10/23/plain-vanilla/
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-is-artificial-vanilla-made-2016-5
https://voices.nationalgeographic.org/2013/10/01/beaver-butts-emit-goo-used-for-vanilla-flavoring/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17365147
https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i36/problem-vanilla.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/bittersweet-story-vanilla-180962757/
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/23/291525991/when-vanilla-was-brown-and-how-we-came-to-see-it-as-white
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25/vanilla-comes-from_n_5021060.html
https://www.alux.com/most-expensive-spices-in-the-world/
Fake butter flavor
https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/htdocs/chem_background/exsumpdf/artificial_butter_flavoring_508be.pdf
https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/flavoringlung/diacetyl.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/diacetyl-chemical-in-artificial-butter-popcorn-linked-to-alzheimers-plaque-build-up/

Fake banana flavor:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140829-the-secrets-of-fake-flavours
Fake Grape
https://firstwefeast.com/drink/2015/06/the-absurd-history-of-artificial-flavors
http://www.businessinsider.com/facts-about-natural-and-artificial-flavors-2014-1
http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/new-grape-flavor/
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/13/grape-worst-flavor_n_4950431.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lolclWtn0Xk
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4027093/
http://nadiaberenstein.com/blog/
Doctoral candidate at UPenn who specializes in artificial flavorings in food (this is her blog)
http://gawker.com/the-food-babe-blogger-is-full-of-shit-1694902226
Good examples of things that share the same properties/ingredients but that have multiple uses because they are chemicals and that’s normal!
Science Babe website
http://scibabe.com/

Organic food market:
https://www.ota.com/news/press-releases/19031
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/natural-resources-environment/organic-agriculture/organic-market-overview/

Artificial flavorings:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-flavorists-tweaking-tastes-and-creating-cravings-27-11-2011/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/04/11/subway-yoga-mat-chemical-almost-out-of-bread/7587787/

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