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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

What's in it? Artificial Flavors

We've already discussed "natural flavors", but what about the common ingredient of "artificial flavors"?

Because it's literally a chemical compound it's nearly impossible to tell.
Here is one example.

Artificial strawberry flavor:

  • amyl acetate - (Hazardous)
  • amyl butyrate - (Hazardous) 
  • amyl valerate - (Hazardous)
  • anethol - (Harardous)
  • anisyl formate - (Hazardous)
  • benzyl acetate - (Hazardous)
  • benzyl isobutyrate - (Hazardous) Keep away from children!?!?!
  • butyric acid - (Hazardous)
  • cinnamyl isobutyrate - (Hazardous)
  • cinnamyl valerate,
  • cognac essential oil,
  • diacetyl,
  • dipropyl ketone,
  • ethyl acetate,
  • ethyl amyl ketone,
  • ethyl butyrate,
  • ethyl cinnamate,
  • ethyl heptanoate,
  • ethyl heptylate,
  • ethyl lactate,
  • ethyl methylphenylglycidate,
  • ethyl nitrate,
  • ethyl propionate,
  • ethyl valerate,
  • heliotropin,
  • hydroxyphenyl-2-butanone (10 percent solution in alcohol),
  • a-ionone,
  • isobutyl anthranilate,
  • isobutyl butyrate,
  • lemon essential oil,
  • maltol,
  • 4-methylacetophenone,
  • methyl anthranilate,
  • methyl benzoate,
  • methyl cinnamate,
  • methyl heptine carbonate,
  • methyl naphthyl ketone,
  • methyl salicylate,
  • mint essential oil,
  • neroli essential oil,
  • nerolin,
  • neryl isobutyrate,
  • orris butter,
  • phenethyl alcohol,
  • rose,
  • rum ether,
  • g-undecalactone,
  • vanillin, 
  • solvent.
What happened to actually using strawberries?

I got lazy, and a little freaked out, pulling the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for all of these compounds, but please feel free! 

Basically, I understand "Artificial Flavor" to be a cocktail of chemical compounds that are mostly harmful when ingested! 

WONDERFUL!

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