Are there beaver secretions in your vanilla ice cream? News articles or food influencers on social media might have you believe that castoreum, a yellow, syrupy substance from the castor sacs near a ...

It's a myth that artificial vanilla flavoring comes from castoreum extracted from beaver castor sacs. Flavor chemists explain that artificial vanilla flavor is made from synthetic vanillin. Vanillin ...

Vanilla ice cream is usually the safest choice. People reach for it when they want something simple and familiar. It pairs with warm desserts, blends into milkshakes, and rarely draws attention. This ...

Searching “where does vanilla flavoring come from” has popped up on TikTok multiple times over the years, with the most common Google result being…beaver butts. But it’s a bit more complicated than ...

A New Hampshire distillery is touting its new bourbon as being partly flavored using the secretion from a beaver's castor sacs and that its ingredients are "generally recognized as safe" by the FDA.

Next time you pick up a vanilla candy, think twice. A chemical compound used in vanilla flavored foods and scents comes from the butt of a beaver. Castoreum comes from a beaver's castor sacs, located ...

Beaver whiskey is now a thing thanks to Art in the Age founder and mastermind Steven Grasse. Eau De Musc is a full bodied, 88-proof bourbon whiskey with a range of exotic flavors, infused with the oil ...

" It sounds wholesome, right? Pure. Like something your grandmother might have used in her kitchen. The clean label movement has exploded in recent years, with half of industry professionals ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Beavers secrete a special goo that smells ...

"Eau De Musc" isn't your usual whiskey. It gets its flavor from beavers. Beaver castor sacs to be specific. But let's get back to the beavers, shall we? The 88 proof bourbon has been infused with the ...

If you have heard about the beaver anal gland and the story that follows it, then you must be wondering about the 5 brands that use castoreum in perfumes. In case you haven’t, let us explain.

Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series examining the beaver.The beaver has an important place in American history and the history of the west. Much of the exploration of North America ...