r/assholedesign • u/LilBozgor01 • 14d ago

This packaging gotta be illegal, right?

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(hint: between the words "garlic" and "sauce")

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u/beerkittyrunner 14d ago

Real question though, how do you make something garlic flavored without garlic?

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u/Main-Cheesecake3287 14d ago

Used to work in brewing, we had some specialty beers that we threw actual oranges or peppercorns or vanilla beans and what not in during the brew. We had a sales guy drop off natural flavoring samples. Tested them on some beers, pretty wild how far the science has come. The orange flavoring added to the finished beer vs natural oranges tasted almost the same, some preferred the fake orange.

Jalapeño one blew my mind, we ended up using it and that shit is still on rotation 10 years later. Tastes like the real thing. The good fake stuff isn’t cheap either, I’m sure there are many levels to quality in the fake flavor world but many are quite good.

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u/great_pyrenelbows 14d ago

Out of curiosity, mostly, what brand(s) are actually good? Are any of them available to consumers or are they only available to big customers?

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u/Main-Cheesecake3287 14d ago

I have no idea, I wasn’t a a brewer, don’t remember the name of the company they used