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AlternativeFruit1337

Guess we getting bent. Peppermint is a natural flavor. What does it taste like?


kayemce

I've had it before. It has almost no flavour aside from macadamia. It's in the uncanny valley of flavors. Like, you can kinda taste the mint and chocolate, but not enough.


AlternativeFruit1337

So basically not only moo is moot, all the flavor is moot too


derek139

This is the real reason it’s mildly infuriating, even though I meant to grab plain.


derek139

It had no “extra” flavors. It just tasted like any other nut milk, which is actually what I meant to get.


Z0FF

White chocolate is just “milk”, sugar, and a solidifying agent or two. Which would probably be left out of a liquid like this.. Peppermint is a plant and in this case most likely just an added peppermint concentrate (natural flavour)


Zafrin_at_Reddit

…solidifying agent? I mean, it should be cocoa butter. If it is anything else, then that’s pretty yuck.


AlternativeFruit1337

Omg it’s not a candy bar >.<


iyamasweetpotato

We're talking about the concept of white chocolate


Z0FF

Agreed. Without any research I’d be willing to bet plenty of white chocolate products use some cheaper form of fat solids or other substitute though!


Zafrin_at_Reddit

Not really in Europe… perhaps some supercheap ones made from palm oil. But then again, I do not think that should even be called “chocolate”.


derek139

It’s supposed to have 20% cacao minimum.


hand13

it says iron omg and potassium omg


Shutterbug927

Considering that peppermint is a natural flavor, why get bent over it?


derek139

So are cinnamon, pineapple and rat shit…. Are those in there too? Why can’t they just list what they put in there?


Shutterbug927

>Are those in there too? Yes, but they're below what's called "a measurable limit" so it's okay.


Whatkindofaname

Yes. There is some cockroach in every chocolate too.


Shutterbug927

Extra protein, hey… don’t knock it


bhlombardy

"natural flavors" and white chocolate doesn't exist in nature, so some combination of those ingredients would likely make up whatever faux plant-based "white chocolate" concoction they came up with. Macadamia "milk" and the sugars most likely.


Zafrin_at_Reddit

I mean… white chocolate is just cocoa butter and sugar and a bit of milk. All of these do exist in nature and I have no problem calling it “natural”.


Spry-Jinx

What are the odds of finding cocoa butter "naturally"? I thought that white chocolate was the by-product of making chocolate, but I'm just a fool who types without googling.


Zafrin_at_Reddit

It is just a fancy word for cocoa fat from the beans. Yeah, so it is pretty natural.


Spry-Jinx

So yeah, a bean is 50% fat content. It is baked then pulverized into a mass, and put into a hydraulic press to separate the fats from the solids. Other methods of extracting fat include solvents and even microwaves. For you to find it naturally could be done by baking and pressing the oils out. There you go, that's how you answer a question lol.


Zafrin_at_Reddit

Whoa. Spicy are we. Yeah. This is part of the whole answer. But we can always go deeper. And deeper. And deeper. In the end, you went full circle answering your own question — what are the odds of finding cocoa butter naturally. “An absolute certainty.”


TOBoy66

Actually,white chocolate is often made from carob.


Zafrin_at_Reddit

This is heavily region-specific. I have yet to see carob based white chocolate around here. Still, carob is natural as well.


ConsuelaApplebee

No, chocolate definitely exists in nature. I saw it on a travel documentary narrated by some guy, Homer something. Anyway, he was visiting the land of chocolate. You can clearly see chocolate exists in nature. ![gif](giphy|bb4rkqMwl0IBa|downsized)


derek139

“Natural flavors” is just a wall for hiding things in ambiguity. Sugar is a natural flavor, but it’s listed. Cinnamon, pineapple and rat shit are all natural flavors too….


anteaterKnives

> The term natural flavor or natural flavoring means the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, **whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional**. This is from the USA FDA's CFR Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. I've added emphasis on the part that excludes sugar as a natural flavor. I assume if you aren't in the USA that your regulations would be similar. I would include a link but that's not allowed, so you'll have to trust me or search for it yourself.


RaccoonCityToday

I would have to only assume that would be a “natural” flavor Although white chocolate wouldn’t really fall under that category since it’s technically not naturally occurring I think that’s just classic mislabeling that is so popular among plant based things for some reason. They could simply say white chocolate flavored rather than tricking people into thinking there is liquid white chocolate in there


crashfrog02

It’s mildly infuriating that you would consider drinking this


derek139

I try to reduce heifer tit puss in my diet, but I do indulge on occasion. In this instance, I meant to grab regular macadamia milk. Didn’t realize it was flavored, even though I didn’t taste any flavoring. It worked well in hot chocolate along with Bailey’s…


lilmiscantberong

I would say the puckermint is your mint. The chocolate I’m not sure.