What is the difference between natural identical flavor and artificial flavor?
                                
                                
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                                Despite the names, natural identical and artificial flavors are both created in a lab, with their main difference lying in the specific molecules used to achieve a desired taste profile. The perception that "natural" is always better has pushed flavor science to develop complex, lab-made compounds that mimic nature with precision and consistency.