eh, sure it’s fake, and of course it is, truffles are too rare and expensive to show up at the supermarket or on the shake shack menu. but good truffle essence

eh, sure it’s fake, and of course it is, truffles are too rare and expensive to show up at the supermarket or on the shake shack menu. but good truffle essence is a complex melange of flavor compounds and not just 2,4-dithiapentane which provides the musky fungal base but none of the sweetness and spice that you also find in a good truffle “essence “. anyway yes if you’re paying less than $100 for the dish it’s probably not real italian white truffle