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I was cruising my email and I discovered something I had always wondered about. Turns out that artificial grape flavor isn't made from the kind of grapes you normally eat. My roomie, for example, loves 'real' grapes, but hates all the artificial grape flavored anything. My sister, on the other hand, can't get enough of grape flavored anything. Here is the exact quote that I learned this from: "In other cases, the artificial flavor might not capture the essence of the flavor you expect. Grape flavoring is a classic example here. Artificial grape flavor tastes nothing like grapes you eat, but the reason is because that molecule comes from Concord grapes, not table grapes, so it's not the taste most people are used to eating." I'd give you the link, it is on About: but I can't find a specific page just for it and not for what I was looking at before (Thinks you should not microwave...) Personally, I'm sort of not real thrilled with grapes, period, but I am allergic to them, so you can sort of understand that - right? My favorite is lime. I love lime. Nothing made me as angry as when Life Savers replaced lime in their 5 flavors. Actually, the ONLY one they didn't replace is the one I hated from the beginning - pineapple! Now the whole roll is just - YUK! Ah well, color me green, I must be an alien...