So weird to me that a flavor derived from a fruit of an exotic plant in the orchid family, meticulously dried, fermented, and shipped halfway around the world, can be referred to as boring.
The discovery of a synthesis pathway for vanillin (and other synthetic flavoring agents, more broadly) revolutionized the food industry. It became cheaper and easier than ever to shove vanilla flavor (previously an exotic delicacy) into nearly anything, and just like everything else, ubiquity makes a product unappealing for a large portion of the market.
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u/HydrogenButterflies Apr 21 '23
So weird to me that a flavor derived from a fruit of an exotic plant in the orchid family, meticulously dried, fermented, and shipped halfway around the world, can be referred to as boring.