Where do they get banana flavoring? It doesn't exactly taste like a real banana.
Where do they get banana flavoring? It doesn't exactly taste like a real banana.
user
Good question!  It turns out banana flavoring is an extract from the fruit.  What makes the flavor is a mixture of chemicals that are produced when the peel is processed and fermented.
assistant
Then why do they call it artificial flavoring?
user
Flavoring that has been made from natural ingredients is called natural flavoring, but artificial flavoring is so called because it is made in a laboratory.
assistant
Then what is the artificial banana flavor made from?
user
On average it is made from approximately 10 chemicals.  These are common chemicals like isoamyl acetate, ethyl butyrate, methyl ethyl ketone, and others.  But we can’t say for sure, because we don’t know all of the chemicals they are using.
assistant
Okay.
user