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ExoticPearTreeyesterday at 4:57 PM2 repliesview on HN

You can nitpick and be pedantic about the wording I used, but if you equate artificial flavors or ingredients with natural ones…


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ben-schaafyesterday at 11:16 PM

Could you describe the difference between the artificial flavour vanilin made in a lab, and the natural flavour vanilin extracted from a vanilla bean?

ryandrakeyesterday at 9:13 PM

Is it really pedantic? Everything is ultimately a chemical compound. H2O is a chemical. Where do you draw the line between "chemicals" and "not chemicals"? Is it more about what you can find in nature? You can find acetone in nature.

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