How Do Chips Come In So Many Flavors?

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[eater]

Great video, guys. Thanks for having us on!

[LordMarcus]

"How do chips come in so many flavors?"

"Because they flavor them."

[HEWVILLE]

Anyone else watching this... why eating chips? I feel like I'm eating chemicals now smh -_-

(*Btw, give my name a tap to be mindblown*)

[Grypool]

Thank you DNews for answering the Importnat questions. I always thought it was magic!

[RyuseiTV]

"How Do Chips Come In So Many Flavors?"

D "news"

[Tobias.Sterling]

i was taking a drink of vanilla coke when he said that shit about beaver glands. never has more pop gone up my nose than just now.

[v_ChimChim_x]

This is one of the reasons why when i visit the US I'll be walking through walmart like a kid in a candy store. Over here we're pretty much limited to salt, paprika, and salt & pepper.
I have no idea if cheeseburger flavored chips will be any good or just awful, but I'm still excited to try.

[thesmellycatjazz]

She needs to work on her delivery. Trace sounds natural, and you can definitely tell she is reading a TelePrompter.

[fobusas]

There is no such thing as natural or unnatural... All those hipsters buying all natural are being scammed. The only real concern is whether it's good or not for you and in what quantities.

[OdinCal]

Sea Salt and Cracked Pepper MASTER CHIP RACE.
(Also, pepsi > coke)

[rrcczz]

Trace looked like he wanted to beat someone up while she was talking.

[KydaIndie]

Is food scientist an actual job? If so, I know what I wanna be when I grow up

[kanaal]

Actually they use ball of a beavers for vanilla flavor in ice cream. It's mostly harvested in the US / Canada.
This is a Dutch TV show that inspects the origins of food, and they back up the story:

[austinkiel]

So why can't they make carrots taste like French fries!? 😭😭😭😭

[ffburger]

I'm impressed you could pronounce all of those chemicals... tri-.. trimethi-... TRIMETHIJDf.... ugh

[FateNightroad]

So basically, I can trick people in eating a pack of Margarine butter and make them think it's a box of ice cream with the right "chemicals"?

[GODsodomyME]

when you just took organic chemistry and you actually understand wtf they are talking about. weird.

[GrandNoble]

trace looks so uncomfortable when he's NOT talking lmao

[stevedulmage]

How make takes did you guys do before Trace got those chemical names down?

[Sleepless]

I never understood why people are so scared of 'chemicals' in food. All food is chemicals. We are chemicals.