It is a tough task to get a beaver to produce castoreum for for purpose of food processing, especially because the beavers in most cases need to be 'milked' for it. The use of castoreum as a flavouring in food has reduced over the years and it is instead used in perfumes. Since the castor sacs are located close to the anal glands, castoreum is often a combination of castor gland secretions, anal gland secretions and urine, according to the National Geographic. Castoreum is a chemical compound that mostly comes from a beaver's castor sacs, which are located between the pelvis and the base of the tail. A chemical compound used in vanilla flavouring comes from castoreum - which is obtained from the anal excretions of beavers.īeaver butts secrete a goo called castoreum, which the animals use to mark their territory. While vanilla extracts come from vanilla pods and beans, there are non-plant ways of creating vanilla flavouring. People are saying 'No' to vanilla flavour after checking the search results. Vanilla looks like a simple yet elegant flavour, isn't it? A social media trend asks people to Google, "Where does vanilla flavouring come from?" and post their reactions.
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