27+ Natural Vanilla Flavoring Beaver US. These are the dried perineal glands of the beaver. Have you ever wondered where artificial raspberry, vanilla or strawberry flavor comes from?
Like, really good, according to joanne they can just say natural flavoring. but the chances castoreum is in your food are slim to none.
Castoreum is a chemical that beavers secrete from glands located, to put it lightly, on their posteriors. Castoreum is produced in beavers' castor. Labeling of castoreum is not required, and it may simply be listed as natural flavoring. Internet fact checking site snopes gave the claim that castorum is a commonly used food their contribution to the food industry now accounts for a tiny fraction of natural vanilla flavouring and tends to be limited to luxury foods and beverages.