If you’ve been on the internet in recent years, you might have seen the claim that artificial vanilla flavoring found in cookies or ice cream comes from goo secreted out of beaver behinds.

For example, McGorrin said real vanilla contains flavor volatiles ... and strawberry flavors come from castoreum, a chemical compound beavers release to mark their territory.

If you’re looking for vanilla at the grocery store, you’ll usually find two different options. Pure vanilla extract, the more expensive option made from real vanilla beans, and imitation ...

Castoreum is an anal secretion beavers use to mark their territories. It also happens to smell like vanilla ... Castoreum comes from the beaver 's castor sac, located between the pelvis and ...

The truest vanilla flavor comes from the beans—here's everything you need to know. Getty Images What are vanilla beans? For vanilla acolytes, including Martha, our test kitchen experts ...

less than 1 percent of vanilla flavoring comes from the vanilla flower. Is that a good thing? And other molecular secrets to digest while you're digesting The diversity of hops reflects a ...

Synthetic vanillin comes mostly from the petrochemical guaiacol. Vanilla essence costs much less than vanilla extract though you might find the flavor is not as good. But it can easily substitute ...

Every excruciatingly long school or work day should end with a chilled bowl of luscious vanilla ice cream, don't you think? Yet finding a store-bought variety that's made with high-quality ...

The class action lawsuit pertains to Breyers' Natural Vanilla ice cream flavor, which allegedly falsely advertised itself as having real vanilla flavor. "Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit against the ...