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Vanillin is actually a pretty cool substance. You can make it out of everything
Including gasoline?
Especially gasoline.
That's actually true. From what I've read about 85% of Vanillin is made from crude oil
Hell yeah
Especially gasoline. Vanillin can and is being made from petroleum. Most of it actually is being made from petroleum.
The other main way of synthetically making Vanillin is from Lignin which is way more sustainable and a byproduct of the paper production.
It can really be made from a lot of things since it's a realativly simple compound.
Hell yeah and good info
I started typing a response. Then I thought "If I've misremembered this, I'll look like a madman." So, I looked it up again: beavers' anal glands: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/beaver-butt-goo-vanilla-flavoring
Instead, now you look well-read in beaver anal glands. 😏