Quote:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castoreum
In the United States, castoreum is considered to be a GRAS food additive by the Food and Drug Administration.[9] It is often referenced simply as a “natural flavoring” in products’ lists of ingredients. While it is mainly used in both foods and beverages as part of an artificial vanilla flavor,[10] it is less commonly used as a part of a raspberry or strawberry flavoring.[11] The annual industry consumption is very low, around 300 pounds,[12] whereas vanillin is over 2.6 million pounds annually.[13]
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Who finds out these things? Who thought, “I wonder what this North American Beaver’s castor sacs and anal gland secretions taste like!!!!!
Who finds out these things? Who thought, “I wonder what this North American Beaver’s castor sacs and anal gland secretions taste like!!!!!
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I’ll give you one guess.
Necessity. At worst, I suppose it's the last step before a Donner Party.
Or, for instance, a cold snap destroying the grapefruit crop drove "food" companies to perfumers to create artificial flavorings.
Or, somebody was told to find a use and/or cheaper way to disposed of waste products.
I friend brought over a large beaver that he’d caught in his trapline. It smelled just like a skunk.