Wednesday Worsts....Artificial Flavors

[CDGator]

Besides pumpkin spice, what’s the worst artificial flavor in your opinion?

 

[cover2]

I can’t say that we use much artificial flavorings or consume many products containing them, but I had an aunt that always served instant ice tea with the lemon flavoring. When we have ice tea, it’s always brewed and has fresh lemon cut for a squeeze, but the aforementioned artificial lemon flavor is just awful.

 

[B52G8rAC]

tannin based artificial vanilla extract. The real stuff is a dollar more. Why is there even a market?

 

[TheDouglas78]

artificial peanut butter flavoring... disgusting

 

[B52G8rAC]

artificial peanut butter flavoring... disgusting

Sound disgusting. Don't think I've ever had it.

 

[cover2]

artificial peanut butter flavoring... disgusting

I had no idea that there was such a thing.

 

[soflagator]

There are many moments that can be, and often are, pointed to as the turning point where today's society changed for the worst. But the one that stands out to me the most is when the commies officially got Lime fazed out and replaced it with Sour Apple.

 

[CDGator]

I can’t say that we use much artificial flavorings or consume many products containing them, but I had an aunt that always served instant ice tea with the lemon flavoring. When we have ice tea, it’s always brewed and has fresh lemon cut for a squeeze, but the aforementioned artificial lemon flavor is just awful.

That reminds me of the tea we had growing up. It was the artificial tea powder mix for instant tea. We also had Tang. That was good by itself just dipping my finger in it! Mom also had Sanka instant coffee. We lived in the south and mom made instant tea.

I hate the taste of artificial sweeteners. They leave a bad after taste.

 

[Nalt]

I can't stand the taste of cherry or banana flavoring.

 

[CDGator]

Add artificial banana flavoring to the list. I like real bananas though.

 

[Nalt]

Add artificial banana flavoring to the list. I like real bananas though.

Me too. I just don't like anything made to taste like nanners. ;)

 

[gingerlover]

Add artificial banana flavoring to the list. I like real bananas though.

Banana flavoring is horrendous. Any time you got Runtz out of one of those 25 cent things they would be 90% banana.

 

[CDGator]

Banana flavoring is horrendous. Any time you got Runtz out of one of those 25 cent things they would be 90% banana.

winner, winner
Runtz were exactly what I was thinking about when I mentioned it.

 

[Gatorbait25]

Butterscotch and banana. Dreadful
Beyond words . You’re better off eating dirt .

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

Artificial butter. Especially that fake liquid **** used in theaters on popcorn.

 

[soflagator]

Artificial butter. Especially that fake liquid **** used in theaters on popcorn.

I bet if you charted Covid deaths and overlaid the amount of theater popcorn butter detected in their system at time of death, they’d be near identical.

 

[soflagator]

Banana flavoring is horrendous. Any time you got Runtz out of one of those 25 cent things they would be 90% banana.

Also that square gum in machines that you’d find at tire shops and Sears had a yellow banana flavor. The general rule was any more than one yellow and the whole handful was spoiled, as it would somehow override the taste of the white, green and red ones. What a terrible flavor that was.

 

[CDGator]

Black liquorice - the cheap stuff is flavored by anise but I don’t think I’d like the real stuff either.

 

[CDGator]

tannin based artificial vanilla extract. The real stuff is a dollar more. Why is there even a market?

https://www.allrecipes.com/article/vanilla-beaver-castoreum/
Is There Beaver Goo in Your Artificial Vanilla Extract?

It's a rumor that has been swirling the internet, scaring everyone from home bakers to dessert enthusiasts alike, for years now: There may be castoreum, goo from a beaver's nether regions, in some artificial food flavorings. But is there any truth to this claim? Or is just a hoax that has spread on social media?

 

[soflagator]

Is There Beaver Goo in Your Artificial Vanilla Extract?

Yeah, not clicking that. For a host of reasons. Thanks though.