date:Apr 21, 2016
l oil is used in the manufacture of the flavor, or when artificial chemicals are blended to simulate the essential oil. The former is considered natural, the latter artificial.
On finished food products, flavors are labeled as either natural or artificial. Their labeling, however, is different as well as highly regulated at the industrial level so that the end user the processor knows the flavor source. For example, if a flavor manufacturer calls the natural flavor mandarin orange, then the