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Subject: Re: Natural flavoring Tue Oct 08, 2013 5:26 am
Hey, that makes it "natural." Although, one has to wonder, if beavers are not farmed commercially the cost of castoreum has to be relatively high and the use of non-natural chemical substitutes would certainly make economic sense.
_Howard Admin
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Subject: Re: Natural flavoring Tue Oct 08, 2013 7:41 am
I've heard this one before. All bullshit.
NoCoPilot
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Subject: Re: Natural flavoring Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:05 am
And just what do you base this pronouncement on?
_Howard Admin
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Subject: Re: Natural flavoring Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:05 am
I read an article about this just a week or so ago. According to that article, the cost of the yummy substance is very high and there just aren't enough beavers around to provide much of it.
NoCoPilot
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Subject: Re: Natural flavoring Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:33 am
Link?
richard09
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Subject: Re: Natural flavoring Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:41 am
If you read the article, it's clear that there are many sources of vanilla-like flavoring. And while beaver arse-milk is obviously not used very often, apparently it is used at least a little. So, not bullshit, exactly.
_Howard Admin
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Subject: Re: Natural flavoring Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:53 am
Perhaps "bullshit" was the wrong word. It was the claim that beaver ass will replace vanilla beans for widespread commercial use which was denied in the article I read. Sorry, I am unable to provide a link to a magazine.