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cindy cindymcintyre.com's avatar

Mexican Coca-Cola is valued by some because it's made with real sugar instead of corn syrup. I'm a sugar-holic but don't drink soda pop very often. Interesting that Xylitol is made from birch trees. When I did photography for ITT Rayonier in Washington state I was surprised to learn that vanillin was made from wood pulp. (It's also made from other sources, too). My favorite tree product is -- CHOCOLATE! And peaches. And pecans. And....

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Bonnie D. Huval's avatar

Corn syrup would be another whole topic. Studies have begun to find consuming it as much as we do isn't good for us. I've fallen behind about the details, though, so I'll stop there.

Vanilla from wood pulp?! I thought it was made from vanilla beans, but maybe there's more than one way to get the approximately the same flavor.

I don't know which tree-produced food to say is my favorite. Apples, cherries, pecans, walnuts...

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