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04-12-2023, 02:23 PM
The ingredients list usually just says "artificial flavor" and leaves it at that. Some of these naturally occur in the foods they're designed to imitate, but are synthesized in the lab due to scarcity of the genuine article.
Orange: Octyl Acetate, CH3(CH2)7O2CCH3
Banana, Juicy Fruit: Isoamyl Acetate, aka banana oil, CH3COOC5H11
Vanilla, Sweet Chocolate: Ethylvanillin, (C2H5O)(HO)C6H3CHO
Blackberry, Pineapple: Propyl Hexanoate, C9H18O2
Cinnamon: Ethyl Cinnamate, C11H12O2
Butter: diacetyl and acetoin
It will probably take a lot of digging to find the exact chemical compounds used for common flavors such as strawberry, grape, or cherry. The articles I read only reveal that a broad category of "esters" are used in many artificial fruit flavors.
There are only about 500 certified flavorists in the world responsible for creating new artificial flavors.
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Dev did you immediately edit this post after you made it??
The thread should have appeared for you instantly, but I reconfigured the site to send all edited posts to me for approval.
It's either show the "edited by" at the end of every edited post which I think is ugly, or send all edited posts for approval.
So if anyone makes a post and edits it afterward and it disappears, that's what's up.
Best way to avoid this is to preview your post before you submit it and edit any mistakes before you ever post it.
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Yeah, that's what happened.
Now which of these chemicals do you want me to rub you down with?
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Like I get it, these measures seem excessive...
But I am gaming this system to keep up with the inevitable attacks that will come against communities like this (LIKE THIS, not THIS ONE necessarily) in the future re: shills, AI, and other unwelcome invading forces.
People with much bigger communities than this one are the ones who gotta worry about it.
However, I see them doing basically nothing to mitigate potential issues, while this incredibly small community is actually proactive with protective features... go figure.
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(04-12-2023, 02:29 PM)user328 Wrote: Yeah, that's what happened.
Now which of these chemicals do you want me to rub you down with?
The least carcinogenic one that is also pink!?
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04-12-2023, 02:31 PM
*bends over*
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"Dev & MO: Pink on Pink"
Available this summer.
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I don' mind waiting for my threads to be approved if it keeps the riffraff out. I was surprised when this one appeared immediately.
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Yeah a lot of work behind the scenes is going on, but none of it should be apparent to the casual user and nobody should really notice anything.
Forum's been running for about 7 years and it was time to shape things up.
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(04-12-2023, 02:31 PM)Chatwoman Wrote: The least carcinogenic one that is also pink!?
That leaves out the hotdog filling. 
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(04-12-2023, 02:36 PM)user328 Wrote: That leaves out the hotdog filling.
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(04-12-2023, 02:23 PM)user328 Wrote: It will probably take a lot of digging to find the exact chemical compounds used for common flavors such as strawberry, grape, or cherry. The articles I read only reveal that a broad category of "esters" are used in many artificial fruit flavors.
Strawberry: Ethyl methylphenylglycidate, commonly known as strawberry aldehyde
(04-12-2023, 02:31 PM)Chatwoman Wrote: The least carcinogenic one that is also pink!?
We have a winner! 
Wikipedia Wrote:Long-term, high-dose studies in rats have demonstrated that ethyl methylphenylglycidate has no significant adverse health effects and is not carcinogenic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethyl_meth...lglycidate
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Your research for the purpose of fulfilling my desires pleases me intensely.
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Grape: methyl anthranilate
It doesn't taste like real grapes, right?
Well, it actually occurs in grape juice, just not the kind of grapes Americans are used to eating.
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(04-12-2023, 03:24 PM)Chatwoman Wrote: Your research for the purpose of fulfilling my desires pleases me intensely.
Trust me, I'm gonna enjoy it as much as you do.
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Watermelon: dimethylheptenal and anisyl acetone
Not authoritative, but the most specific answer I could find with a quick search. Most of the answers to these questions are a vague "esters," as previously noted.
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A common theme I'm seeing is that a lot of these chemicals are commonly referred to as an aldehyde of the fruit they represent.
(04-12-2023, 03:22 PM)user328 Wrote: Strawberry: Ethyl methylphenylglycidate, commonly known as strawberry aldehyde
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Reminds me of an anecdote I heard a long time ago.
A famous Hollywood actress enters an adult store and purchases some strawberry flavored douche. Not to drop names, but it gives a whole new meaning to "Strawberry Fields Forever."
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Debbie Downer-esque thought, but the fakeness in the world is just abhorrent.
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