yet another article stolen from stayfree. it is flattery, you realize.
This is an interview with people who make artificial flavors. It will turn you away from Doritoes and chinese food forever.
Revelations:
Small doses of the stuff used to make pepper spray goes into BBQ sauce and is actually corosive.
"We'd have to mix our own food colorings. Food coloring came in two forms: powder and granulated. You had big warning labels on it saying "CONTAINS LEAD AND ARSENIC!" Supposedly it was a byproduct of burning coal, this fine ash."
" There was this flavor that was really brutal to work with--Butter 20--and there was this one ingredient, diacetyl, that, if you inhaled it, would make you vomit."