Oh neat, I had no idea that the flavors were chemically identical. That does put a different spin on things. How strange to be tasting strawberry, absent actual strawberries. I wonder how much (if any) of the vitamins and nutrients present in strawberries would also be available in the chemical components composing its flavor?
It's like cheating. Evolution programmed me to like strawberries so I'd eat up a good dose of vitamin C, folate, and whatever else is in strawberries; yet now I can get that flavor hit without getting strawberries at all.
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Date: 2010-07-30 09:00 pm (UTC)It's like cheating. Evolution programmed me to like strawberries so I'd eat up a good dose of vitamin C, folate, and whatever else is in strawberries; yet now I can get that flavor hit without getting strawberries at all.