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Why "banana flavoring" doesn't taste like bananas [1]

['Jason Weisberger']

Date: 2025-07-14

A fantastic story from the dawn of manufactured candy and involving the legendary Gros Michel, "banana flavor" is the product of science and convenience.

Jello "banana cream" in a banana cream pie is an overwhelming dose of banana flavor for me. I do not know what goes into the pie at Los Angeles' famed Apple Pan, but it is the best.

Previously:

• Here's a place to go for all of your heirloom banana needs

• Optimizing a peanut butter and banana sandwich using machine learning and computer vision

• Baseball too boring? Check out Banana Ball

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