CASTOREUM
Filed under “natural flavors” in foods like yogurt, ice cream, pudding, baked goods, and even chewing gum, you will find the word castoreum as one of the ingredients. Fun fact! That’s just another fancy word for beaver anal gland secretions!
Castoreum is also often used in vanilla, strawberry, and raspberry flavoring. If you are wondering why you have never heard of this, the food industry fought hard to get that “natural flavoring” label not to lose sales.
If you were to contact a food manufacturer, they would most likely deny using this ingredient. While also informing you that they can not speak for their flavoring vendors.
