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Ms. Toad

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21. Correct - they can.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #18)

Wed Sep 4, 2019, 10:39 AM

Sep 2019

But the point is that artificial flavors is not an ingredient. Natural flavors are. If you're tasting cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves (the three primary pumpkin spice flavors), they are natural - not artificial.

And - think about baking a pumpkin pie from scratch. Aside from cinnamon, the amount of spices you would put in a cup would be very small. (Cinnamon might be as much as 1/4 tsp. The others would be more like a few grains.)

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Pumpkin spice wars: The violent history behind your favorite Starbucks latte [View all] IronLionZion Aug 2019 OP

U.S. history is a "story of war, genocide, and slavery." yardwork Aug 2019 #1

Many of her articles share the theme of human suffering to get us nice things IronLionZion Aug 2019 #2

It's a global phenomenon. yardwork Aug 2019 #6

Imperialism, capitalism, and consumerism are not victimless ideologies. TeamPooka Aug 2019 #11

Natural flavors cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2019 #3

Flavors can mean anything. IronLionZion Sep 2019 #18

Or they use liquid Bettie Sep 2019 #19

Correct - they can. Ms. Toad Sep 2019 #21

That's a good point. Starbucks used to use natural AND artificial ingredients IronLionZion Sep 2019 #22

Thanks for the reminder Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #4

The alternatives are even worse. Nationalism leads to war. yardwork Aug 2019 #7

But not unregulated "free" trade Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #15

Ugh. I hate pumpkin-spice ANYTHING! Coventina Aug 2019 #5

Me too Bettie Sep 2019 #20

We all live on top of a big pyramid of murder JCMach1 Aug 2019 #8

At a glance, I thought the title was "Pumpkin Space Wars" blugbox Aug 2019 #9

No guilt from me... I HAAATE PUMPKIN SPICE!!! Sapient Donkey Aug 2019 #10

Give me Skidmore Aug 2019 #12

so no worries over the coffee beans or the milk, but we can guilt about the spices? 0rganism Aug 2019 #13

You can guilt about whatever you want IronLionZion Sep 2019 #17

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #14

Too much emphasis on pumpkin when the only Ilsa Aug 2019 #16