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What Flavor Is the Purple Skittle?
What the purple Skittle tastes like in the US and the UK, why American grape candy tastes of Concord grape, and the story of the lime and green apple swap.
November 6, 2026 · 3 min
Topic
Fruit
16 pages tagged fruit
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What Flavor Is Fanta?
What Fanta tastes like, how its orange flavor is built, how the recipe differs between the US, Mexico and the UK, and what that means for an orange soda brief.
November 5, 2026 · 3 min
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What Flavor Is Mountain Dew Code Red?
What Mountain Dew Code Red tastes like, how its cherry and citrus share the can, and how to build a caffeinated cherry-citrus soda with a red that holds.
November 4, 2026 · 3 min
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Fruit Punch Flavor
What fruit punch flavor tastes like, which fruits usually lead it, how brands and suppliers build it differently, and the emulsion, color and juice-labeling rules that matter.
November 2, 2026 · 3 min
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What Flavor Is Juicy Fruit?
What Juicy Fruit gum tastes like, what Wrigley has and has not said about the fruits, why people compare it to jackfruit, and how to build a fruit gum-type flavor.
October 30, 2026 · 3 min
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What Is Sea Buckthorn?
What sea buckthorn is and tastes like, the acids and esters behind its sour, tropical profile, how its oil and color behave in juice, and how to make it drinkable.
October 30, 2026 · 4 min
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What Does Jackfruit Taste Like?
What ripe and young jackfruit taste like, the fruity esters behind the Juicy Fruit comparison, and why young jackfruit is a meat substitute but not a protein source.
October 29, 2026 · 3 min
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What Does Soursop Taste Like?
What soursop (guanábana) tastes like, the esters behind its pineapple-strawberry note, how nectars rebuild its creamy body, and a safety question to know.
October 29, 2026 · 3 min
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What Is Tutti Frutti Flavor?
What tutti frutti flavor tastes like, the esters behind it, how it relates to bubblegum and Red Bull, what tutti frutti means in India, and how to build it.
October 29, 2026 · 3 min
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Lychee Flavor
What lychee tastes like, the rose-oxide chemistry behind its floral note, where demand is growing, and what to watch when building a lychee flavor.
October 28, 2026 · 3 min
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What Does Durian Taste Like?
What durian tastes like, the sulfur compounds behind its smell, why the custard taste and the smell come apart, and why durian products are usually toned down.
October 28, 2026 · 3 min
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Dragon Fruit Flavor
What dragon fruit tastes like, why commercial dragon fruit flavor is built rather than extracted, and how to keep red pitaya's color through heat and light.
October 27, 2026 · 3 min
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What Is Tiger's Blood Flavor?
What tiger's blood flavor is, where the shaved ice syrup came from, how the strawberry-watermelon-coconut blend is built, and what fails in drinks and powders.
October 22, 2026 · 3 min
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What Flavor Is Grenadine?
What grenadine tastes like, why most commercial grenadine has no pomegranate in it, and how to flavor, color and label a grenadine-type syrup or drink.
October 16, 2026 · 3 min
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Mango Flavor
Mango flavor profile, the difference between Alphonso and Tommy Atkins character, applications, and the sulfur chemistry that makes it process-sensitive.
October 1, 2026 · 2 min
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Strawberry Flavor
Strawberry flavor profile, applications, pairings and technical considerations — including why natural strawberry extract underperforms and what to specify instead.
September 10, 2026 · 2 min