Food Theory: Blue Raspberry is a Complete LIE!

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Are you a fan of the Blue Raspberry flavor, Theorist? Sour Patch Kids, ICEE Pops, Prime… it all tastes SO delicious. But have you ever stopped to wonder: what is blue raspberry? It’s not like blue raspberries grow in the wild. So what gives? Let’s dive into the world of BLUE!
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[Lancerious]

As someone who always wondered what the heck the “blue raspberry” flavor is, I can confirm this video is exactly what I needed today

[Skc.]

Matpat could genuinely make me believe that grass tastes like green apples with a theory

[itsgardengnome]

Matt! I think these two facts might interest you!

1. In Brazil, blue raspberry is actually denominated “tutti-frutti” as the packaging states it actually is a mash of different fruit flavours, like you found!

2. I think it would be interesting to do a video on how the UK has no grape flavored things; all sweets, juices alike Capri-Suns, and popsicles/ice lollies are Blackcurrant flavoured! To the point in which my British friends were absolutely baffled by the notion of “grape candies” elsewhere in the world!

[galladegamerletsplays]

I once saw someone say "grape flavor never tastes like grape but it sure does taste like purple"

[MatchaTheVibeking]

I always thought Blue raspberry was supposed to just be a blueberry and raspberry combo flavor. You can actually stick a blueberry into the hollow part of the raspberry, and eat the whole thing, and it will taste like what the artificial flavor tastes like.

[Lionfire]

I would love for him to do a video on what exactly makes up the flavor of "birthday cake"

[JonPonikvar]

My wife and I found out a fruit combination that matches pretty closely to the flavor we usually assume to be "blue raspberry." And it's honestly a pretty literal interpretation! Just take a blueberry, stuff inside a red raspberry, and dip the whole thing in sugar for a single bite. She'll make a platter of them for parties and they're always a huge hit.

Give it a try! It's crazy how close it gets in flavor profile to the fake Blue Razz flavor that's so popular now.

[Kingkastn]

Matpat: WHAT FLA-VOR DID YOU GET
Dan: blue

[brianfluu]

Haven’t finished watching this yet, but my cousin who runs a confectionery explained it to me this way. Raspberry was one of the first flavors to be made synthetically, and the chemicals used at the time when mixed happened to be blue, and since it was still new and there wasn’t a set naming pattern, they used the color and flavor to name it, hence blue raspberry. Today most synthetic flavors are mixed clear and have the dyes added after

[grantdunn]

As someone who used to work summer jobs as a camp counselor where we typically ended the day by giving kids Otter pops, I'm genuinely intrigued by the mention of otter pop lore.

[geoffk]

The relationship between flavors and colors varies a lot between countries. For example, in Japan, green items are usually Melon flavored (not sour apple or lime). And Blue items are usually "Soda" or "Cider" flavor. This is a hard flavor to describe, but it's a very artifical candy-like flavor, similar to some cotton candy or, yes, some cheap soda. Purple is usually grape and yellow is usually Lemon, but red can be almost anything, with cherry, strawberry and others (Fruit punch, apple, etc.). All in all, if you moved to Japan and chose junk foods based on color, you'd frequently be surprised.

[ReaganBenedict]

Mat: what dose blue raspberry taste like

Me: artificial

[lukassmith]

Matpat’s description of Otterpops was absolutely on point from my childhood summer experiences.👌
But you just can’t not have them.

[crashstudis]

Dan is not only an integral part of ythe theorist team, I firmly belive is the one keeping Mat from going full haywire with his editing skills, and is so, so memeable

[kaylieghskorner]

I’ve been wondering about blue raspberry for years now, I’m so glad that Matpat is making a video about this!!

[Cbraaten]

“Now we know what like Ariel tastes like”

-MatPat 2023

[AlexanderHLuz]

In Spanish, growing up we called those products “mora azul” which is literally “blueberry” and everyone just assimilated with an artificial flavor of those over blue raspberries (since we just call all of these fruits moras=berries), and since everyone knew that artificial flavors are already different no one questioned it lol. It even felt odd to see blue raspberries in products like ICEE and such.

[erischaos]

When I worked at World Market around 10 years ago, they one day started selling these bags of blue gummies shaped like feet. A lady came up to me and asked what flavor they were, but as they had just come out with them, I didn't know. "Let's find out, " I said, and went to the shelf to grab the blue gummy feet bag, turned it over, and...
*Flavor: Blue*

[mrphilly]

i've known since i was a kid that blue raspberry was a synthetic flavor, mostly due to it tasting different to raspberry tea, which i think is ACTUALLY raspberry flavored, but it's never changed the fact that it's still my favorite flavor, by far, even to this day.

[amandapc]

I’m so disappointed, you did a whole episode on blue food and didn’t mention Percy Jackson once