What is vanilla? (and imitation vanilla?)

<p><strong>#115</strong></p><p>Well we've all had vanilla. And if you have a tongue then you probably like it. But the question we've all wondered each time we're baking something is probably something like, "what is imitation vanilla?" and "how do they make it?" and "how is it so much cheaper?" and "do you think anyone would notice if I use it instead?" Let's look into it.</p><p>Like the show? <a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/chemforyourlife">Buy us a coffee to help keep our show going AND free.</a></p><p><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=jam">How to start a podcast.</a> &lt;- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!</p><p><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i36/problem-vanilla.html">https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i36/problem-vanilla.html</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/molecule-of-the-week/archive/v/vanillin.html">https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/molecule-of-the-week/archive/v/vanillin.html</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja02025a019">https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja02025a019</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ja02025a019">https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ja02025a019</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01344">https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01344</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/9Cw6FEaQz4o">https://youtu.be/9Cw6FEaQz4o</a></li> </ol><p><br></p><p><br>Find us on <a href="http://instagram.com/chemforyourlife">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/chemforyourlife">Twitter</a>, and <a href="http://facebook.com/chemforyourlife">Facebook</a> @ChemForYourLife.<br>Email us at <a>chemforyourlife@gmail.com</a><br>And check out our chill, simple little website at <a href="https://chemforyourlife.transistor.fm/">https://chemforyourlife.transistor.fm/</a><br>And seriously, we love using Transistor. <a href="https://transistor.fm/?via=jam">Check it out t