Food Theory: Blue Raspberry is a Complete LIE!

[@Lancerious]

As someone who always wondered what the heck the “blue raspberry” flavor is, I can confirm this video is exactly what I needed today

[@BatAmerica]

Ditto.

[@andrewrules231]

blue raspberries can be found growing wild is BC Canada. they are rare but they are real

[@jettswither]

@@andrewrules231 bru

[@coolgamer916]

im your 69th like lol

[@YourKneecapsAreMine]

@@andrewrules231*no.*

[@Skc.007]

Matpat could genuinely make me believe that grass tastes like green apples with a theory

[@TylerTMG]

I love grass

[@atroqui9mylove]

some forms of greenery you can find in your lawn do! one being wood sorrel which has a green apple taste to the leaves, i eat it on hikes and stuff

[@autumngargus9301]

@@atroqui9mylove Do you mean the violet wood sorrel clover?

[@phoenixnorvell7741]

consern

[@cookfever8091]

lol facts

[@itsgardengnome]

Matt! I think these two facts might interest you! 1. In Brazil, blue raspberry is actually denominated “tutti-frutti” as the packaging states it actually is a mash of different fruit flavours, like you found! 2. I think it would be interesting to do a video on how the UK has no grape flavored things; all sweets, juices alike Capri-Suns, and popsicles/ice lollies are Blackcurrant flavoured! To the point in which my British friends were absolutely baffled by the notion of “grape candies” elsewhere in the world!

[@franmartosb]

As someone from Argentina let me tell you something important, Tutti frutti is such a common flavor in candies and other sweets that I thought everybody had it. If it's pink, it's tutti frutti, almost always.

[@pedrosalles23]

Hey! Brasil mentioned! 🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉

[@nkbm3120]

Yes, I live in the UK and after living in Japan for a long while, this fact came as a shock to me. A very small amount of things are still “grape-flavoured,” but these are only flavours among other flavours in a mix packet designed for another country, e.g. some Skittles imported directly from the USA still have grape, but nothing has “grape” as the primary flavour on the front of the packaging, displayed vibrantly.

[@itsgardengnome]

@@franmartosb interesting! My whole childhood was spent eating blue candy with it being called tutti-frutti haha, it’s funny how the two countries are so close to one another, and yet the colour of the flavour is so different :))

[@thebestpilot7]

@@itsgardengnome Thats super interesting

[@galladegamerletsplays]

I once saw someone say "grape flavor never tastes like grape but it sure does taste like purple"

[@MarshMello15593]

That person would be right if the grape flavor was supposed to be the standard table grape, but weirdly enough if based on the concord grape which tastes like grape candy

[@martinplayzrob_lox]

You saw somebody say something.. very interesting

[@galladegamerletsplays]

@@martinplayzrob_lox it was a post online if that helps explain it

[@sinclaire5479]

Technically deaf people see people say things all the time, it's called lip reading so it could technically be the truth

[@lisahenry20]

​@@MarshMello15593is that like how banana flavouring is based off a now extinct species of banana?

[@MatchaTheVibeking]

I always thought Blue raspberry was supposed to just be a blueberry and raspberry combo flavor. You can actually stick a blueberry into the hollow part of the raspberry, and eat the whole thing, and it will taste like what the artificial flavor tastes like.

[@amajumder4339]

Tbh,I understand

[@Kupper16]

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[@thienhuynh1361]

Yes it is it

[@johannaappleforest7482]

That’s what I thought too and idk why he never mentioned it

[@VineshRajkoomar]

Lol me too

[@Lionfire42]

I would love for him to do a video on what exactly makes up the flavor of "birthday cake"

[@OpTicMation]

Literally the ingredients on the cake 😂

[@LiMe251]

​@@OpTicMation no, not the flavor of a birthday cake, the flavor called birthday cake

[@TheClumsyJedi]

@@LiMe251 Vanilla and sprinkles with a baked flour flavor, that's literally the stereotypical store bought cake someone gets for their birthday...in my house Mom made our cakes, and half the time they were chocolate. So vanilla birthday cake always struck me as boring!

[@LiMe251]

@@TheClumsyJedi no like when you get food items that are NOT cake but have the birthday cake flavor

[@Orphioux]

@@LiMe251 like "Bang" Birthday cake flavour energy drink. I'm pretty sure it's just cane sugar flavour personally.

[@brianfluu133]

Haven’t finished watching this yet, but my cousin who runs a confectionery explained it to me this way. Raspberry was one of the first flavors to be made synthetically, and the chemicals used at the time when mixed happened to be blue, and since it was still new and there wasn’t a set naming pattern, they used the color and flavor to name it, hence blue raspberry. Today most synthetic flavors are mixed clear and have the dyes added after

[@TheAciddragon069]

i always just assumed it was to differentiate it from the other red fruit flavors

[@BandwidthMusic]

Makes sense

[@samuelpoirier7841]

ok

[@jaynayoung108]

Cool.

[@WynneL]

@@TheAciddragon069 Sure, but like, why not blueberry though?

[@amandapc]

I’m so disappointed, you did a whole episode on blue food and didn’t mention Percy Jackson once

[@TechnoYT332]

Bro you’re so right😅😮

[@HIMALAYASORGANICFOODS]

Wat

[@fennecrocks770]

or Randy Feltface

[@megaking5417]

I don’t get it

[@biviygranew4605]

@@fennecrocks770 you have good taste my sir

[@JonPonikvar]

My wife and I found out a fruit combination that matches pretty closely to the flavor we usually assume to be "blue raspberry." And it's honestly a pretty literal interpretation! Just take a blueberry, stuff inside a red raspberry, and dip the whole thing in sugar for a single bite. She'll make a platter of them for parties and they're always a huge hit. Give it a try! It's crazy how close it gets in flavor profile to the fake Blue Razz flavor that's so popular now.

[@miragedown]

i always thought blue razzberry was just blueberries and raspberries. I feel proven right.

[@ghostgirl11]

oh my… i’m trying this

[@JonPonikvar]

​@@ghostgirl11 Let me know when you try it if you agree that it's close! Most everyone we've shared them with has said that they're about as close as you can get.

[@achiblitz_]

That sounds delicious

[@Why_are_my_pickles_salty]

blue rasberry is real it just looks more purple

[@crashstudi0s]

Dan is not only an integral part of ythe theorist team, I firmly belive is the one keeping Mat from going full haywire with his editing skills, and is so, so memeable

[@oliviacampbell3128]

Dan is under appreciate.

[@crimson-cloud]

blue

[@IcedCoffee489]

thats just a theory a dan theory !!!

[@dafilmqueen556]

MatPat dunked on him during the Tootsie Roll episode and he rarely gets much say in how much Mat will let him speak, at least from how much I see of him with Mat. Underappreciated is underselling him..

[@kaylieghskorner9650]

I’ve been wondering about blue raspberry for years now, I’m so glad that Matpat is making a video about this!!

[@Huebz]

In all those years you never once thought to just Google this extremely common information?

[@S0m3B0z0OnTheInternet]

I remember when me and my siblings would fight over who would get the blue raspberry flavored candy because it was the sourest.

[@8l351]

Same

[@Cbraaten]

“Now we know what like Ariel tastes like” -MatPat 2023

[@random_j._cosplay]

Chris Hansen would like to have a chat...😂

[@lukassmith9863]

Matpat’s description of Otterpops was absolutely on point from my childhood summer experiences.👌 But you just can’t not have them.

[@davidgallardo2213]

I had flashbacks to me chewing on the plastic tubes to the point that I just waited for the Otterpop to melt so that I could drink out of the tiny holes I had chewed into the top.

[@nolifejade]

​@@davidgallardo2213 😅 as

[@nolifejade]

​@@davidgallardo2213 as àZzzzzzzz9p

[@Deviousgoober69]

@@nolifejade did you snort to much cocaine?

[@braydonhalls3140]

Cool blue taste like oranges

[@grantdunn2544]

As someone who used to work summer jobs as a camp counselor where we typically ended the day by giving kids Otter pops, I'm genuinely intrigued by the mention of otter pop lore.

[@BrianHaddad]

For reals. I remember inspecting those characters on the packaging for Otter Pops as a kid. I need the lore video.

[@tinydragon2]

i never head of these

[@alexleo-wolf4339]

I like otter pops.

[@melonchola]

glad this is finally getting covered, blue raspberry has most definitely been the biggest enigma of my life

[@Kingkast0n]

Matpat: WHAT FLA-VOR DID YOU GET Dan: blue

[@Catsarethebestevrr]

well, it's literally called BLUE raspberry anyway lol

[@myte_crabby]

It's almost like we watched the intro!

[@-Asher-142]

Blue.

[@geoffk777]

The relationship between flavors and colors varies a lot between countries. For example, in Japan, green items are usually Melon flavored (not sour apple or lime). And Blue items are usually "Soda" or "Cider" flavor. This is a hard flavor to describe, but it's a very artifical candy-like flavor, similar to some cotton candy or, yes, some cheap soda. Purple is usually grape and yellow is usually Lemon, but red can be almost anything, with cherry, strawberry and others (Fruit punch, apple, etc.). All in all, if you moved to Japan and chose junk foods based on color, you'd frequently be surprised.

[@lbell1703]

That sounds like a fun challenge video. Get some Japanese candy and guess the flavor (without translating of course)

[@matthewgumabon7498]

I’d also like to add pink to this list. In places like the US, pink drinks or candy will be something like “bubblegum”, “pink lemonade”, or even strawberry. But in Japan (I live in Japan) pink drinks or candy is usually sakura (cherry blossom) or peach.

[@ThomasTheThermonuclearBomb]

Yellow is also often banana

[@iAmMadeOfSoup]

To me the soda ramune flavor tastes like a citrusy bubble gum

[@redbluelocke4269]

I got some cute little guava candies that I can't read the name on. They're green and delicious.

[@erischaos]

When I worked at World Market around 10 years ago, they one day started selling these bags of blue gummies shaped like feet. A lady came up to me and asked what flavor they were, but as they had just come out with them, I didn't know. "Let's find out," I said, and went to the shelf to grab the blue gummy feet bag, turned it over, and... *Flavor: Blue*

[@fluffywhompus]

*BLUE*

[@BrewMe96]

Me when blue feet 🥰🥰🤑🤑

[@Superior_Potato]

​@@BrewMe96 okay then

[@DeadlyMouse7]

​@@BrewMe96 🥰🥰🥰

[@Corvus_Brachyrhynchos]

BLUE

[@FrostyFrostySnow]

I love the theory videos where Matpat tangents towards about 5 other potential video topics. It's this kind of unregulated and chaotic energy that brings me back

[@eevilmann30285]

Yeah

[@claymontgomery3015]

The Intro was hilarious I never new seeing Mat pat run around in agony over the "blue" flavour would make me laugh so hard. Good job editing team :>

[@papermarioflapo11]

I've always thought blue raspberry was something synthetic because raspberries are red but always wondered what blue raspberry flavor actually is, so I appreciate this video. Also grape jolly ranchers taste like grape medicine.

[@etuanno]

As a Swiss person I've never seen "blue rasperry" as a flavour. Sure there were the gummy worms with their blue colour, but that was always a synthetic flavour to me. I never thought about them tasting like raspberry. Especially since there are fruit flavoured syrups, that are probably made from the fruit they taste of (they taste exactly like the fruit, because are more expensive than the chap ones). I'd never buy such artificial stuff, why should I? I prefer savoury off-cuts like legs, pig snout, pig ears, ox tail, organ meat anyway. I make a stew out of them, that tastes amazing.

[@firepawx3779]

The grape jolly rancher sucks

[@tealmuchwow]

Blue raspberry jolly ranchers taste like the iced tea served at kids restaurants

[@chemistcraft3007]

Yes, and I fucking love it. Yes, I will fight anyone and everyone who says otherwise. It tastes like a spoonful of sugar, so what's not to like? Blue raspberry Jolly Ranchers are my second favorite tho, I think we can all agree they are superior than most others.

[@Just_A_Dude]

It's amazing how, in the opening bit, Matpat gives Dan such a hard time about saying his flavor is 'Blue,' then at the end goes on about how we've been "fooled" into thinking these artificial flavors taste like the real thing when, news flash, _we haven't._ That's _why_ we call the artificial colors "purple drink," "blue drink," etc. We _know_ they're not real.

[@StorymasterQ]

Oh, I remember "purple drink". At least, I remember one particular comedian talking about it. "Sugar, water, purple," were the ingredients cited.

[@AlexanderHLuz]

In Spanish, growing up we called those products “mora azul” which is literally “blueberry” and everyone just assimilated with an artificial flavor of those over blue raspberries (since we just call all of these fruits moras=berries), and since everyone knew that artificial flavors are already different no one questioned it lol. It even felt odd to see blue raspberries in products like ICEE and such.

[@AlexanderHLuz]

For a bit more context, yes, we do have the word frambuesa which refers to raspberries but colloquially people just group them as “moras” (berries), “frutos rojos” (red fruits), or “frutos del bosque” (fruits from the woods).

[@gillespage5489]

Same in French(Qc) the flavor for the slushy was Bleuets (blueberry). and the flavor was tart blueberries. my favorite.

[@Someone69769]

im south american and I never knew this. The more ya know.

[@HectorT52]

We do have different names even if all of them fall in the category of berries, like frambuesa, grocella y zarzamora and at least where I live in if you use "Mora" you would be assumed to be refering to blue berry or another berry of a similar shape but not frambuesa.

[@shalalaleciouc]

I like how you explained that,cool 🎉

[@lapiscarrot]

I blame Sally Jackson for all the blue foods

[@Tea-tellers]

Omg the empire State building blue

[@Tea-tellers]

Cover up from Percy Jackson for sure

[@amnabatool7946]

yes when percy defeated kronos and zeus made empire state go blue

[@Realistic_Secret]

The Gatorade part caught me so off guard, cause I’d never thought about it! Most of the other flavors have legit names but the two blues are Cool Blue and Frost Glacier Freeze.

[@ANDYSTUDI0]

For me it just tasted like a berry but not a lot so it's kinda like water and I thing of sugar and some berry that's how it tastes for me atleast.

[@ANDYSTUDI0]

Also cool blue I haven't drunken Glacier freeze in a bit so I don't know.

[@Teakinz]

I hate glacier freeze and it does not taste like the normal “blue raspberry” flavor

[@grn1]

I've always preferred the orange flavor but I'll drink the blue flavors if they don't have orange.

[@OldManShane]

I would absolutely love Food Theory doing an episode on various artificial flavors.

[@WhiteCaneV1]

same

[@danielfaria6704]

like banana flavoured products?

[@BeckyNosferatu]

@@danielfaria6704 Banana isn't fake, it's just extinct. xD

[@shaylafey]

@@danielfaria6704 the weird thing, is the main ingredients in the synthetic banana products, the bulk of what gives it its flavors, is also found in actually in banana.

[@danielfaria6704]

@@BeckyNosferatu but it is still artificial flavour

[@DJBeacon]

Grape flavor actually DOES taste like grape and did a very good job of getting the right flavor profile. The flavor is actually "concord grapes" and the candy and grape taste the same.

[@Naokarma]

Same with banana flavor. It's based on the Gros Michel banana, not the Cavendish we're used to.

[@tylarjackson7928]

​@@Naokarma Gros Michel*

[@Naokarma]

@@tylarjackson7928 ah, my mistake. ty.

[@s0up_1223]

I actually don’t really have grape flavour cause in Australia most purple things are blackcurrant flavour

[@grn1]

@@Naokarma I'm not big on bananas but I have heard before that type of banana people usually eat nowadays is different from years past because the types that used to be popular all died out. Bananas basically clone themselves unlike most organisms which makes them more resistant to bad mutations but also way more susceptible to pathogens. That also relates to why there's so much concern over the glacier ice melting and releasing ancient pathogens that civilization hasn't been exposed to for thousands of years, we no longer have the genetic traits that made us resistant to those pathogens.

[@RYVIRATHESILVERFOXTHERIAN]

Mat could make me believe anything with a theory I’m ngl

[@Jessica-sl7tv]

The beginning with some of the team members was so good! I am so happy we are getting to hear some of your team members, not saying that just MatPat is boring, but it's fun!

[@lbell1703]

*PLEASE* do more videos on artificial flavors. It's truly quite interesting. I knew that blue raspberries weren't a real thing but I never knew how they were flavored. I also don't know how other flavors were recreated. I watched your video on how much color plays into what you're tasting and that video goes well with this.

[@cfrenchfrye]

this. Would love to see how they got to the grape, cherry, green apple, etc.

[@lbell1703]

Oh wow I post a lot of good comments and rarely get this many likes good for me I guess. Hopefully this means he'll actually do it. I *love* MatPat

[@AkaKillerwolf]

it really is

[@ellifaey]

As a non-native speaker I always assumed "blue raspberry" was what you called blackberries until I looked it up. They kind of are very dark blue raspberries XD I also only knew that flavour because of slushies. I had no idea that the US had so much demand for that flavour in other stuff.

[@The_Hush_Dragon]

Now I want a slushy

[@missilluminati3389]

Omg same

[@s0up_1223]

Omg I wish I had a slushie but it’s also really cold 😢

[@Clear9812]

yeah i just thought the flavor was blackberries

[@chloenicholls2055]

I’ve ate a lot of blue stuff but nothing happened

[@Sussyboi77]

Me: Not eating raspberry Also me: Stuffing my face with the nearest blue raspberry products

[@AllInnerLove]

so tru

[@melofelo4484]

I always assumed it was one of those flavors that was just a bizzare combination of 2 other pre-existing flavors, like blueberries and raspberry or something. Then they just shortened it to “blue raspberry”.

[@kane2742]

That's what I thought - maybe with some added citric acid for extra tartness.

[@chestnutburger194]

That’s exactly what I was thinking, raspberry are very sour and blueberries are sweet so when you add them together you get sweet and sour

[@katherinelangford981]

Same. That's exactly what I thought as well, but they simulate what it would taste like if you mixed sweet blueberries, but mostly tart raspberries.

[@That_AMC_Guy]

I remember as a children, in Canada we had this budget line of soda pop called "The Pop Shoppe". Among their 32 flavours was a Raspberry soda that I used to LOVE and it was a dark red colour. Pop Shoppe disappeared in 1984 or 1985 as the company went bankrupt but I still remember that dark red, sweet nectar.

[@CrumpPumps]

Also a Canadian, anyways their drinks are still sold in some variety stores. Near where I live one of the variety stores kept the Pop Shoppe sign and still sells it.

[@midnightdragon67]

Am canadian too, I still buy it

[@Chellex93]

It still exists...in adult beverage form as well (actually my first time having one was one of the hard ones. Didn't know there was a non alcoholic version 😅)

[@Takolouski]

They sell them at a dollarstore for 80 cents beside my house

[@thunderfyrekinggaming2243]

Pop not soda pop

[@mrphilly727]

i've known since i was a kid that blue raspberry was a synthetic flavor, mostly due to it tasting different to raspberry tea, which i think is ACTUALLY raspberry flavored, but it's never changed the fact that it's still my favorite flavor, by far, even to this day.

[@Hanaronxd]

Flavour*

[@Echinacae]

@@Hanaronxd literally what

[@almeidinha171]

@@HanaronxdFlavor is right too lol

[@Hanaronxd]

@@Echinacae They used degenerate American pronunciation 😋😋

[@arcadiusgamingofficial]

@@Hanaronxd bro who cares

[@YaBoiMrAura]

I miss you matpat

[@Somebodyteehee]

We all do 😔

[@RionaHenry]

Now I need an explanation for the flavor of Pink, especially on donuts. Because it's definitely not strawberry like it supposedly should be, and it's not just food coloring and vanilla icing.

[@ButchPleaseImFabulous]

From what I know as a previous Tim hortons baker, At Tim hortons it’s barely strawberry mostly vanilla fondant. Fondant has its own taste which changes things

[@UnicornBySprinkle]

@@ButchPleaseImFabulous but fondant is a solid!! How does it work?

[@magentawool2556]

It's strawberry flavored, it's just not very strong strawberry.

[@oooh19]

@@UnicornBySprinklethey mold fondant into cakes but I guess they can mold it on top of donuts 🍩

[@bluwzrdphone]

I 100% want a food theory episode based on the lore of otter pops now, please make this MatPat!

[@Rin_Rainbow]

I always thought that "blue raspberry" was just a weird name for blackberry flavor. After all, blue-colored sweets are typically named just "blackberry" in my country (if not "blueberry" or "blackcurrant"). Never realized it was such a controversy in English language and has it's own deep lore lol.

[@Ahaana-qg8tn]

May I know what the national language of your county is?

[@Rin_Rainbow]

@@Ahaana-qg8tn Ukrainian

[@GODofEverythin9_]

6:20 He just explained my childhood

[@jawshua492]

a short series of all the household flavors and what they’re popular in and used for could be a great series. like grape like matpat suggested, then watermelon, sour apple, “yellow” etc. could really pop off tbh

[@JonazDrumBrain]

Then of course there’s the banana flavor, that doesn’t really taste like the bananas we have today (since the flavor is based on an older breed of bananas that have long since died out)

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@JonazDrumBrain It's not the flavour of Cavendish bananas?

[@OutlawPrince45]

@@JamesDavy2009 Nope, it’s made to taste like the Gros Michel banana that almost entirely died out due to a mass fungal infection during the 1950’s. I say almost entirely because some places still grow them.

[@DjR3iX]

I always tought it is dewberry or that what google translated in Estonia we call it Põldmari

[@JonazDrumBrain]

@@JamesDavy2009 apperantly I was a bit wrong in saying that the bananas they’re made to taste like died completely out, since there are some still grown. The Gros Michel Bananas were mostly wiped out though with the Panama disease, and the Cavendish took place as the most spread, with a duller taste. It’s unable to spread naturally though, and the bananas most of us eat today are essentially clones. In short, the artificial Banana Flavor is mimicing the taste of the Gros Michel Banana, which explains why it doesn’t taste the same as the bananas we eat today (the Cavendish)

[@wyrwaq2518]

The best thing for me in your channels is that I can see how much US culture differs from mine. Im not from USA and I have never heard of blue raspberry, but it seems from the way you speak about it like it is a normal thing in USA. Also where I live (Poland) the relations between colors and flavors is also way different: blue is blueberry, raspberry is pink, strawberry and watermelon both are red, grape is super rare to find as a flavor of anything, and if something is green its more likely to be lime than sour apple, and this is crazy how things that you thought were super natural and intuitive are actually very different on other places.

[@WynneL]

Blue raspberry, whether sweet or sour, is wonderful. I couldn't believe it when I got to Europe and saw nothing blue raspberry anywhere. I was so happy to see an Expat store that carries the stuff, but it's full of sugar so I'm going to just try and make blue raspberry drinks with the flavor profile this video displayed. I'd really prefer lime to sour apple, though. Lime is awesome and underrated.

[@JCel]

I'm pretty sure it wasn't able to establish itself here in the EU bc of the naming regulations (no raspberry in it then no raspberry in the name allowed). A nameless flavor, or a weirdly named one would have had a hard time everywhere.

[@fabricdragon]

in europe "current berry" is more common than grape i think?

[@crog6372]

I didn't know that blue raspberry wasn't normal in most of Europe. Its pretty normal in Norway

[@reizayin]

I'm an American and I thought blue raspberry was just a stupid name for blueberries lol

[@bunybeats6386]

1:33 fun fact: the blue butterfly he used to demonstrate blue pigment doesnt have any pigment, it has microscopic scales that reflect blue light

[@letsreadtextbook1687]

I was thinking that, too! Seems like nature only gives actual blue pigment to poisonous stuff

[@spacekitt.n]

You just described color

[@Ian-bf4yk]

@@spacekitt.n it’s a difference between refraction and an actual blue pigment. If you submerge the butterfly in water that has a different refractive index than air it stops looking blue. But animals with actual blue pigment will appear blue regardless

[@sevenxssick]

@@spacekitt.nWHY IS THIS COMMENT SO FUNNY 😭💀

[@qopparune]

@@Ian-bf4ykye

[@mattrezanka2606]

0:53 are we gonna ignore the "Big Mat", also where can i get one?

[@Preppymadison13]

Mat Donald’s😂

[@mattrezanka2606]

@@Preppymadison13 "sir would you like a Big Mat, with a side of Theory Fries" "man just put the Theories in the bag."

[@bextomoose]

This is one of my Food Theories and I must admit, a big part of that is the visual satisfaction of seeing a lot of things colored blue that aren't naturally blue. I can't explain why, but I just love seeing unnatural, bright recolors, and it's especially strong with blue

[@calebdonaldson8770]

I always thought they made blue raspberry because they needed an extreme blue flavor. Blueberry exists, but it's a very passive flavor, same with banana. That's why lemon is so popular. They had plenty of reds, so they needed a blue counterpart. Smart move. Blue is often my favorite flavor. The blue raspberry jolly ranchers were always the first to go! :P

[@cuedepie4376]

Bro predicted that one Chikn Nuggit short

[@FlameDragon5000]

Blue raspberry has always been my absolute favorite flavor of anything because of how great it tastes and I was really disappointed when I found out the fruit doesn’t exist. I still love normal raspberries though

[@THEbeetrootsoup]

how old were u when u found out

[@saragreenfire4515]

@@THEbeetrootsoup For me, it's right now thanks to this video. However, I had suspected it diden't exist for a while. At first, I though it was some kind of exotic fruit, and diden't care for it's artificial taste.

[@THEbeetrootsoup]

@@saragreenfire4515 i am worried for the humanity's future

[@SynoPTL]

I think you can get blue raspberries by leaving them out

[@Asheematay]

That’s how I felt when someone explain red velvet to me.

[@keyadutta35]

The line that never gets old:That's just a theory

[@rainiedog]

I'm a brewtender and can confirm that as long as that beer is in the same family, almost no one can discern the "tasting notes". And when I say something like "stonefruit notes" nobody knows what I'm talking about anyway, so I definitely see this phenomena happen EVERY single day. They just agree and nod.

[@victoriahayden2961]

I love blue foods and drinks. Raspberry is a great flavour so I’ve always assumed that blue raspberry is just raspberry - which is yummy!

[@lonelylestat2634]

Historically, blue paint was the most expensive for artists to use. They either had to cough up the money for it, or get creative with what they could find. If artists used a lot of blue in a painting, it was their way of saying “yeah I’m rich, look at me!” Pretty interesting

[@piplupdabest]

Isn’t that the same with purple

[@TylerTMG]

@@piplupdabest your the first one here that's not a bot

[@helenf3783]

4 words to solve why they use blue raspberry instead of blue berry: BLUE. BERRIES. ARE. PURPLE.

[@henrylemaster]

When you’re pointing out natural blue pigments in the beginning of the video, one of the examples you used was the Blue Morpho Butterfly. Their blue color isn’t actually from a pigment, but rather from the microscopic patterns formed by their scales which causes only blue light to be reflected! Blew my mind when I first learned that🤯

[@amajumder4339]

Morpho? *kirby music intensifies

[@CavemanRage]

every color is the result of microscopic patterns formed which causes only x light to be reflected

[@dreamt0wn739]

There’s a real blue butterfly

[@dstr001]

I honestly always just assumed raspberry flavours were blue to differentiate it from strawberry. If you get handed a red sweet its usually always strawberry, so having a slightly different shade of red for raspberry would be confusing. Heck in the UK we have a brand of jelly babies called bassets and they dont use the blue for raspberry and yes, most of the time you dont know what flavour you're getting if you pick out red/pink lol.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Same.

[@joan1609]

Cherry and watermelon are still consistently red and pink along with strawberry, so why would raspberry be the only one needing the distinction?

[@THE_funnyalt]

Off topic but MAN Bassets are good

[@gaiusperson8704]

​@Joan because the pink for watermelon is very pink as a good signifier, and cherry and strawberry candies taste similar enough for there not to need a distinction, but raspberries are such a sharp change from cherries/strawberries and watermelon that it would need a distinction

[@bradbradthebrad]

@@joan1609 well cherry flavored candies are usually red while strawberry flavored candies are pink sometimes and watermelon flavored candies are sometimes made green. But raspberry has no other color associated with it besides red, therefore the only option most candy brands can think of is blue.

[@Wikloe]

It may not be a real flavour, but anything with the label of blue raspberry flavour heals my soul. I will forever accept it.

[@Kayla-ew6od]

We will all miss you, but not the head, editor, Dani, who made you cry😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭

[@dancoulson6579]

I remember googling blue raspberry as a child and finding edited images of raspberries which were amazing shades of vivid blue and indigo. I was pretty heartbroken to find out that it was not real. Same with the concorde grapes - Sometimes you'll see images of them, and they're a deep blue color. But it's only the dusting on the skin. The actual fruit is never blue.

[@xiaoji06]

Yeah, the actual grape is actually a very dark purple but not blue....

[@TheLucasdms]

Interesting that the butterfly you used to talk about rare blue pigments don't actually contain blue pigments. It, along with a lot of blue in nature, specially in insects, are a fruit of special crystal structures that traps other colors and reflect only blue, but are not pigments in a way that they aren't a molecule that have the property of reflectig blue. Btw, I see those butterflies all the time where I live and they are gorgeous.

[@catzie_78]

Ooh I've heard of those they're cool asf. Think I saw a video on em

[@emildavidbjerrejrgensen6948]

Got there just before me, well done sir

[@PotatoPirate123]

This is very true. There is a remarkably small amount of blue pigment in nature, which is why semi precious stones like lapiz lazuli were used for (expensive) paintings. There were some available blue pigments derived from industry (like smalt) but they were not very blue at all. All the blue pigments we use today are relatively modern. Blue seems to be a troublesome colour in general, as blue LEDs weren't invented until the 90s.

[@dylansylvester4719]

​@@PotatoPirate123 and then theres woad

[@ThePD3000]

Thank you!

[@ahobimo732]

Living in Canada, I've never heard of"Otter Pops" before, but we do have an identical product called "Mr. Freeze". And the blue flavor is BY FAR the best one.

[@racing_hard]

Mat: What does it actually taste like. Dan: blue blue blue bluuuuuuuuue

[@isaactinoco1]

MatPat will never fail to find a soul crushing theory on something I grew up with

[@Boneappleteahee]

Yea

[@8l351]

Fr

[@TylerTMG]

I love your name@@Boneappleteahee

[@klaratogsverd8472]

As a european, I have always been so confused about blue raspberry flavour. It just doesn't exist here. Our raspberry sweets are usually a medium/darker pink colour than the strawberry flavoured ones haha. Thanks for diving into this!

[@BlueSkyEntertaiment]

In germany the blue colored ice cream is often called "smurf" flavor

[@LegoMiniMovies]

Yeah I’ve never seen it here in Europe either

[@jarjarbinks_official4815]

It's not common in the UK, but I see some occasionally (Usually just slush drinks and stuff)

[@onewomanarmy6451]

I know right, it's been confusing me for years. Glad to have it sorted.

[@eliphas_vlka]

in France that's a lot called tutti frutti

[@edge-of-nowhere4224]

I've always seen blue raspberry and normal raspberry as two different flavors. They taste different. I've also always known blue raspberry was artificial and still liked it

[@grafando]

Yeah, blue raspberry definitely doesn't taste like raspberry. The difference is so huge I don't see how anyone thinks it's the same flavor.

[@thepianokid9378]

3:50 say that to my raspberries injected with blue food dye 2

[@CarpetHater]

I always thought that blue raspberry was a combination of raspberry and blueberry since blueberries don't actually have that much taste on their own, or that it was just raspberry but dyed blue because raspberry could be confused with the other dozen ''red'' flavours.

[@moltengears7483]

I like how they look but i hate blueberries its tastless mush

[@8ml888]

I don't understand what kind of blueberries you people have in your area. Where I live, wild and ripe blueberries taste like ... sour candy with blueberry flavor, which is different than blue raspberry. They also have a nice crunch

[@CarpetHater]

@@8ml888 I guess i was refering to american blueberries, as they are generally not flavourful, but here where i live they are slightly sour and slightly sweet, but they don't taste like candy, and they still don't taste like much.

[@8ml888]

@@CarpetHater ok it must be the out of season, stale,grocery store bluberries from abroad you are talking about. If you come visit north east Canada in late August, try to find wild bluberries outside or in farmers markets .

[@CarpetHater]

@@8ml888 I live in Norway and i pick wild blueberries almost every summer, once they are ripe they don't taste like much, but if you pick them early they can be sour, but they still don't taste like candy though. However whether they are ripe or not they still taste better than the much bigger imported american ones.

[@HeisenbergFam]

Matt is so convincing he could gaslight me into believing humans are made out of raspberries

[@DoritoEarProductions]

Yeah lol

[@jacobmendoza985]

What do you mean we are made of raspberries.

[@MildlySpicedMcVities]

Every. Single. Video.

[@8l351]

Yeah..

[@jessebaker4245]

All praise the theory lord

[@Wheat_shredder]

I ate a blue raspberry Icee while watching this and now I can taste the banana flavor in the background 😑 thanks MatPat.

[@anonymouse2059]

Lol, 💀

[@sprucetypewriter]

I was having a Blue raspberry toxic waste and I taste a bit of banana too

[@Wheat_shredder]

@@sprucetypewriter nahh 😟

[@Wheat_shredder]

Welcome to the club

[@Gunnphil13]

No- a Blue Icee

[@Sr.BigMac-tg2tz]

R.I.R (Rest in Retirement)

[@leasiawhite5156]

1 million people seeing this is not enough like Mat is out here telling the truth on artificial flavors and the history behind it. It's amazing I will forever love his brain and the theory team they have

[@VintageFenrir]

There was a guy at my local farmers market selling what he called blue raspberries. He said it was a cross between a blackberry and raspberries. It was a bluish, purplish, raspberry looking fruit.

[@candicraveingcloude2822]

That sounds interesting

[@halolighta]

There are a lot of berries similar to blackberries and raspberries and most of them tend to be a darker blueish blackish color, he was probably just selling one of the berries that's unrecognized and saying it's a special hybrid fruit to hype his stall up

[@PixiePrincess501]

I got two for you: Not just grape flavor not tasting like grape, watermelon flavor also doesn't taste like watermelon! We need a theory for these two flavors as well! Also, this is interesting! I always thought blue raspberry was just a sour raspberry flavor and the color blue tricking us into thinking it tasted different. (There's a psychology about how we process flavors based on the food's color. I forget what this is called, but I remember my brother used it as a science fair experiment and it was actually successful.)

[@lbell1703]

MatPat did a video on colors playing into taste! He goes into detail so even if you know that information the video is quite interesting

[@blaah9999]

I found that if I add a tiny bit of citric acid sprinkles to my fresh watermelon its so good.

[@splawshy3346]

Watermelon the fruit is good but watermelon candy is so nasty. The only flavors that kinda tastes like its origin is cherry and mango.

[@niaranoctyrna3754]

Grape flavors do taste like grapes. They taste like Concord grapes

[@GogiRegion]

Watermelon is another case like bananas where it's replicating a flavor compound that's not found as much with modern varieties as older varieties. Watermelons used to taste more like "watermelon flavor", but were smaller and less juicy.

[@Storm-bv7pc]

MatPat, the blue Empire State Building was for Percy Jackson’s birthday, not Sour Patch 😭 😭 😭

[@SunsetArchon]

Honestly, this was extremely fascinating. I think you should do another video on the history of artificial strawberry flavor in candies and such. No matter how many years they've been trying, it just feels like companies have never been able to get it to taste right.

[@thunderfyrekinggaming2243]

Sweets not candies

[@Mui_Goku3]

​@@thunderfyrekinggaming2243?

[@thunderfyrekinggaming2243]

@@Mui_Goku3 what Optimus prime98

[@Mui_Goku3]

@@thunderfyrekinggaming2243 What's wrong with saying candies

[@thunderfyrekinggaming2243]

@@Mui_Goku3 everything

[@jakeblu3]

After growing and trying Concord grapes you can see where artificial grape is mimicking the flavor. When I tried them for the first time it tasted exactly like grape flavored capri suns, although being less sweet, but the flavor was all there.

[@anissaferringer4965]

Yes. I only like Concords, not table grapes or grape flavored things, though grape flavor is definitely mimicking Concord grapes.

[@Auroraradcliffe]

I was just about to comment this to

[@caradanellemcclintock8178]

I'm sure we have different naming conventions here in South Africa we get what we refer to as purple grapes and green grapes and most of them have a punch of flavour if we get watery grapes they are considered a bad batch I was surprised to hear some Americans describing grapes with a subtle or watery flavour I now want to do research on the grap cultivars we have here. It might have to do with our country being big on wine production and some people say we have the best wine I'm sure some of that has to do with the grapes we grow

[@jamesmackay4913]

As someone who adores blue raspberry as a flavor but never understood why it is the way it is, thank you for making this. Also, that intro was hilarious. Grape Boys for life, Tom!

[@LuffLuck]

Dan going "blue" was giving "element greeeeeeeen"

[@regiman222]

0:44 This is revenge for the coffee soup video isn't it?

[@maddoxoverton3707]

Yeah that definitely it😂

[@I_dont_know_453]

Blue

[@cattocreates4328]

Chikn nuggit reference?

[@MrChipChap]

For summer I worked at a snow cone place and despite having the most extravagant and detailed names and flavors it never failed for grown adults to ask for blue. Also, we had both blue and red raspberry, there wasn’t much difference at all except blue was a little more sour Edit: I should also say that blue raspberry was our most popular flavor, we’d go through about a gallon a day

[@genio2509]

What extravagant flavors did you have? I am interested now :)

[@MrChipChap]

@@genio2509 anything from rainbow (cherry, banana, blue raspberry) to weekend on the beach (green apple, watermelon, strawberry). We too also had unicorn (vanilla, grape, blue raspberry) and mermaid (blue raspberry, lemon lime) flavors lol. There were also often multiple names for one flavor. For example wedding cake, silver fox, and toasted marshmallow are all just vanilla and coconut. (This one is my favorite 😁)

[@genio2509]

@@MrChipChap Nice! Vanila and coconut sounds delicious, and really creative names. My personal favorite is mamey from a local ice cream chain.

[@quixomega]

Blue Raspberry is one of my favorite artificial flavours. I always thought it was an alternative artificial raspberry flavour.

[@TheRealAiden-g8i]

sameee

[@oooh19]

I always enjoyed blue raspberry

[@Ultimate5671.]

Have you guys heard of blueberry

[@manhamashhoora]

Same I love it

[@NerdyGolfball]

The intro is hilarious 😂😂😂

[@thegpshowtheshow]

food theory idea: when people are sick, they are often given chicken noodle soup and soups in general. is there any actual medical reasoning behind this? also are there other foods that are a better or more effective?

[@NovaMaster375]

Hot, protein-rich food. It helps your body fight off disease

[@FinalFanatsylover]

​@@NovaMaster375 it's more to do with having lots of liquid keeping you hydrated and making it easier to throw up

[@NovaMaster375]

@@FinalFanatsylover Eh both are good

[@FinalFanatsylover]

@@NovaMaster375 obviously dude your answer wasn't wrong but my point was more important and more so the reason otherwise water would be what's used lol

[@jennyb9065]

Actually yes, there was a scientific study done on just this. Conclusion: It does help.

[@antomie]

I really appreciate the closed captioning, thank you. I know it's easy to let youtube generate it but it's nice to see a content creator go out of their way and do it themselves (helps when there's a script to be sure, but still appreciated)

[@MrJamess1982]

As someone who always thought Grape and cherry candies never really tasted like their real world counterparts, I’d be very interested in diving a bit deeper on this topic.

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

They both DON'T have single atom of grape, or cherry in them. Same with "pineapple," flavour, and probably others. (Unless it's some special "all natural ingredients" product) In standard candies like Jolly Ranchers, Skittles, Lifesavers. 99% of stuff in the candy aisle, "grape" and "cherry" are just ,100% synthetic molecules created by chemists, then marketing guys decided they TASTE LIKE real grape, and cherry (and I agree- "cherry" favour is NOTHING like real cherries), so they add an appropriately coloured food dye, and give it the name, to strengthen that association in consumers. "Cherry" flavoured Jolly Ranchers have no more connection to real cherries, than a rocking horse has to a real horse.

[@tylerstevens9023]

Grape flavor taste like concord grapes.

[@foxpatternedferret476]

Banana candy. That's all.

[@tylerstevens9023]

@@foxpatternedferret476 named after an extinct strand of banana

[@foxpatternedferret476]

@@tylerstevens9023 Gros Michal. The artificial banana flavoring used in candies today was modeled after this variety's unique sweet flavor. Unfortunately, this variety was nearly wiped out completely due to the Panama Disease. The Cavendish banana found in every grocery store today took its place. So not extinct, but they came close.

[@Vineaaaa_422]

For the question how would you say blue raspberry tastes like i think i know! It tastes like raspberries but a bit sweeter and more chemical, like you can taste its fake. Ofc you can say flavours like strawberry are fake cause they dont taste like strawberry but blue raspberry is just chemical

[@williamklemp3764]

I've legit always assumed it was a combination of blueberries and raspberries, hence the whole "blue raspberry" flavour 😂

[@LitoMike]

samei thought pink lemonade is strawberry lemonade until i saw both strawberry lemonade and pink lemonade being sold in one plae

[@FosukeLordOfError]

4:09 grape flavored things do taste like grapes. They taste like Concord grapes which are generally what grape jelly is made out of. The grapes at the grocery store are usually wine grapes that have a subtler flavor.

[@th3grav3mak3rgaming8]

I think a banana flavoring theory would be interesting. I feel like a lot of people don’t know about how the banana flavor in candy is actually based on a different variety of bananas the went “extinct”

[@oregonsenior4204]

A lot could be said about bananas. Like how the non-exotic bananas in the supermarkets are all from clones of one plant (or so I was told.)

[@jaxonthayer3122]

Arnt they almost extinct

[@Quirky_QF]

I want to hear their take on the 'Banana Apocalypse'.

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

@@jaxonthayer3122 That's the current variety that's facing a big problem. Pretty sure there's another that used to be the popular one but it went extinct from a virus or some bacteria attacking the trees. It's been a while since I heard about it...

[@jaxonthayer3122]

@@The1stDukeDroklar i think most of them did but theres still a few but they might have went totally extinct

[@thelibyanplzcomeback]

Are raspberries just less expensive to grow than blueberries?

[@sammaloo]

I LOVE blue raspberry~ But I've found my favorite food color to eat is actually orange, which honestly makes sense since it's basically the color of carbs lol.

[@templetonf]

Great theory! It reminds me that I once heard that the artificial "banana" flavoring doesn't taste like real bananas... because actual bananas have changed flavor since they created the artificial "banana" flavor

[@emeraldhillzone1992]

Yeah! The artificial banana flavoring we all know and are confused by is entirely taken from an extinct species of banana. Quite fascinating. Take this with a grain of salt though because I am a random nerd girl on the internet who isn't an expert with anything telling you this in a KZbin comment section from a channel that is way smarter than I am

[@oooh19]

So then artificial banana 🍌 isn’t just fake junk but rather a bygone era flavor! Awesome! I wonder how flavors will change in the future?

[@fredjahmedfredj3484]

Mybe someday, if you didnt already, do an episode on why artificial banana flavors do not taste like actual bananas (they taste like the old banana family that was almost wiped out by a disease) would love to see your point on that ❤

[@everyonetime9593]

Artificial banana flavoor should taste like the first banana ,before chemical breading.

[@seriouslyscared2912]

pretty sure u pulled that fact from a matpat video. He didn't do a full episode on it but he did mention it for a good two minutes in one of his videos. If you mean a full video then ignore me

[@Kat__Elena]

Artificial banana flavour tastes like death or medicine

[@gogauze]

I know he's touched on it before. Maybe not at the length of a full video, but I imagine that's coming at some point.

[@everyonetime9593]

@@seriouslyscared2912 Yeah ,I pulleed out from Matpat and also if you asked a robot they have simillar answer as well but more descriptive .Trust me!

[@Gorillify_]

Mattpat having a mental break down “ Blueeeeeee”

[@arnavsharma8462]

Thank you so much for this MatPat your previous video on the colour on gummy bear video helped me to be inspired to do my PhD research on it and so far I am really confident about it, so thank you for inspiring us all to be theorists in our own rights

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Grape flavor actually tastes purple and "blue raspberry" tastes blue. A certain Yordle might be toying with reality.

[@Numptywithabox]

I love the desperation in MatPats voice at the beginning of the episode. Pure comic perfection

[@JMLewis]

Yup

[@Katisobsessed]

Not done with the video yet, but I've always thought it was like a red velvet/chocolate situation - like red velvet is just chocolate + red colouring but we still think both of them taste distinctly different. So, in my mind I always thought blue raspberry was just raspberry flavour + blue colouring and it just tasted different. But then again, that's just what I thought and, I don't really have much reasoning so...

[@WynneL]

Actually, red velvet is a mix of chocolate, buttermilk, and vinegar. That's why it tastes different, not the coloring. Very chocolate-forward flavor, so it can be mistaken as the same, but most cake recipes don't use buttermilk or vinegar. Some recipes also add a hint of espresso to deepen the flavor.

[@Katisobsessed]

@@WynneL Ah, okay. Thank you I didn't know that. :)

[@DiamondWorldYoutube]

NOOOOO I WANTED TO TRY RED VELVET 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@blaah9999]

@@WynneL also has to do with the type of frosting right?

[@Yee-Haw_Bird]

@@blaah9999 nothing stopping you from using cream cheese frosting on a regular chocolate cake. (I think) just more a matter of why would you.

[@bryanpenaloza5697]

The wierd margarita flavor 😂😂 i remember downing 4 as a kid my mom mixed up the ice pops

[@au4i944]

After the prime videos, I’m interested in you guys doing protein shakes for weight loss & weight gain. I know every body is different, but how you got down to the bottom of the drinks ingredients to find out what your body truly needs was beyond intriguing to me and I wonder about all drinks now 😅. Great work Mat!

[@dragonqueen7328]

I once overheard someone talking to his friend about how nobody likes blue gummy bears (and other gummy things) because they're unnatural for a few long minutes. The look on his face when I told him blue was my favourite was excellent.

[@dutchik5107]

Ah yes. Because what makes you want to eat worms is that they look realistic.

[@33pandagamer]

that's odd, alot of people I know like blue gummy bears (myself included), the color most people in my area dislike are clear or slightly yellow-tinted gummy bears (I personally like them though).

[@thefriendlyneighboorhoodmi6950]

@@33pandagamer I dont think I’ve ever eaten a blue gummy bear

[@tyreliusrex5281]

There's a Blueberry Cream Soda (Blueberry+Vanilla flavours) that strongly reminds me of blue raspberry flavour. If you're drinking Minsha's Blueberry Cream and it tastes familiar, that might be what it is.

[@AskanHelstroem]

I mean...as u said, ther IS the blueberry...so why the fuss about, oh this blue berry tasting thing..."that's blue raspberry"...but what about the BLUEberry? "naah, to obvious" heck even blackberries would be the better option, as they leave violet stains. But Raspberries... well...I prefer my Rasperries green, and/or the Pi(e) variant...

[@Friesanimates-bh9ev]

4:04 BLUEBERRIES ARE PURPLE