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Fun fact: your “fun fact” is a myth. Artificial banana flavor is not “based off Gros Michael”. The flavoring is not some sort of recipe that was based off of anything. It’s a single chemical found in all bananas. It’s a coincidence that Gros Michael tastes more like fake banana flavoring than other bananas, but all bananas contain that same ester: isoamyl acetate. It’s just that Gros Michael has more of it.
However, if you dig in to this tale a little it soon becomes clear that there is little or no verifiable source that artificial banana is based on Gros Michel. “It sounds very, very unlikely to me,” says synthetic organic chemist Derek Lowe.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140829-the-secrets-of-fake-flavours
So please stop repeating this myth.
In addition, you’re completely wrong about artificial vanilla flavor. It is the exact ester found in real vanilla, and it is by far the most dominant flavor in real vanilla. It tastes exactly like vanilla minus a few extra subtle notes.
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science@lemmy.world•Here's how 'parasite' went from a laughing matter to a serious biological threatEnglish
3·10 days agoIt’s a recurring column called “Word of the Week”, and it’s discussing the origin and classical usage of the word “parasite”. What’s so hard to understand about that?


And? What species are around?