Why do fruit-flavoured products taste nothing like fruit?

Question

And yet we can still tell which fruit they're emulating.

Answer 1

Haha! Good question. I don't like watermelon, but I enjoy watermelon flavor. I love grapes, but hate anything grape flavored with a nauseating passion. Artificial flavoring is the culprit, I guess.
Or maybe the wrapper tells us what flavor to expect?

Answer 2

Hmmm...and interesting question for sure. Not a clue...in fact, try some sugar free Jelly Belly jelly beans. Some are supposed to be pear flavored, and yeah, kind of but, um, not so much!

Answer 3

They smell like fruit. That's enough to trick poor unsuspecting humans.

Answer 4

Hmmm I dunno didn't Willy Wonka have that Chocolate Factory over in England. Yes, I'm pretty sure he has it there and that is where all the candy comes from...go knock on the gate and ask.
Better yet lets do a recon mission and break in we can steal sack loads of candy for that little one and us too of course, lol.
Don't forget that camo makeup

Answer 5

Because grape juice tastes sooo goood

Answer 6

Because we think we know what it is meant to taste like so our brains trick us into believing it does?

Answer 7

Okay,call me fruity for buying that crap!>=)I think its the colors,
they can be very influencing in the candy world.

Answer 8

....this is so true....but there must be just enough modified fruit flavored atoms to satisfy a taste bud or two....very clever, actually

Answer 9

That;s so true ,I find they taste like chemicals nothing like what they are meant to be ♥

Answer 10

because they don't use proper fruit(don't know why) but in stead they use thing that taste like it.