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Fun fact: artificial banana flavoring doesn't taste like modern bananas, but tastes more like varieties that used to be popular: > So, when you’re biting into

Fun fact: artificial banana flavoring doesn't taste like modern bananas, but tastes more like varieties that used to be popular: > So, when you’re biting into a piece of banana Laffy Taffy, you’re getting a taste of the bananas of the past. “That’s kind of why I think of these older, ‘cheap’ artificial flavors as ‘heirloom’ artificial flavors,” says Berenstein. “Because they’re the simpler formulas that have been less modified by time.” from: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/why-dont-banana-candies-taste-like-real-bananas/ https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/why-dont-banana-candi...

zasdffaa 4y ago
In short, the banana that preceded Cavendish was Gros Michel, which had different composition taste-wise. The earlier sweets/candies were based on the taste of those. Gros Michel suffered from diseases, stopped being the main cultivar and Cavendish took over with its different taste. (from memory anyway)
- gnicholas 4y ago
  What does "That's not dead helpful" mean? Or is this an overeager autocorrect?
  - zasdffaa 4y ago
    I shouldn't have said it that way. Removed.
tksiden 4y ago
That's kinda of mind blowing. It kinda explains why my grandpa always shot talks modern food.
hombre_fatal 4y ago
> Banana-flavored candy does not mimic the taste of a formerly popular variety of banana. The reason banana candy tastes different than bananas is that it is mainly flavored with only one of the many flavors a banana has, isoamyl acetate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconception...
- gnicholas 4y ago
  Interestingly, that wikipedia entry cites the very article I cited. The other article it cites concedes that the so-called myth is actually somewhat true. Not exactly a thorough debunking, but definitely more food for thought.

zasdffaa 4y ago

In short, the banana that preceded Cavendish was Gros Michel, which had different composition taste-wise. The earlier sweets/candies were based on the taste of those. Gros Michel suffered from diseases, stopped being the main cultivar and Cavendish took over with its different taste. (from memory anyway)

gnicholas 4y ago
What does "That's not dead helpful" mean? Or is this an overeager autocorrect?
- zasdffaa 4y ago
  I shouldn't have said it that way. Removed.

tksiden 4y ago

That's kinda of mind blowing. It kinda explains why my grandpa always shot talks modern food.

hombre_fatal 4y ago

> Banana-flavored candy does not mimic the taste of a formerly popular variety of banana. The reason banana candy tastes different than bananas is that it is mainly flavored with only one of the many flavors a banana has, isoamyl acetate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconception...

gnicholas 4y ago
Interestingly, that wikipedia entry cites the very article I cited. The other article it cites concedes that the so-called myth is actually somewhat true. Not exactly a thorough debunking, but definitely more food for thought.