Food Theory: Blue Raspberry is a Complete LIE!

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Are you a fan of the Blue Raspberry flavor, Theorist? Sour Patch Kids, ICEE Pops, Prime… it all tastes SO delicious. But have you ever stopped to wonder: what is blue raspberry? It’s not like blue raspberries grow in the wild. So what gives? Let’s dive into the world of BLUE!
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[@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

[@averagekristophgavinsimp]

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]

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

[@phoenixnorvell7741]

consern

[@cookfever8091]

lol facts

[@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

[@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.

[@ShizakuIzaiyoi]

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]

Forgot,😂,😂❤😂😂😂😂😂😂 you we,,,,,,,, it, are the best 😢😊and the eye drops 😂 ,,,,,,,,,,, off at,,,, it❤, ,🎉,😂,

[@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.

[@quixomega]

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

[@Legattolol]

sameee

[@oooh19]

I always enjoyed blue raspberry

[@Ultimate5671.]

Have you guys heard of blueberry

[@manhamashhoora]

Same I love it

[@ReaganBenedict]

Mat: what dose blue raspberry taste like Me: artificial

[@IAmThatIAm5731]

*Y E S .*

[@SharonBegley]

its "does" not "dose" silly!

[@ReaganBenedict]

@@SharonBegley sorry

[@3GGYS]

@@ReaganBenedictyou know you can edit it right?

[@ReaganBenedict]

@@3GGYS yea

[@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

[@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?

[@buckeyefilms]

I miss you matpat

[@Madeline61743]

We all do 😔

[@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😅😮

[@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?

[@soontobechannel743]

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

[@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

[@WinterPains]

I looked this up before, so I can tell you its because they already had other flavours in basically all their red dyes, so when they wanted to do raspberry, they used one of the colours they still hadnt used much of, which is blue.

[@Cbraaten]

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

[@random_j._cosplay]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@jbrownbear742]

blue rasberry is real it just looks more purple

[@user-kb8qw7dy4t]

I love how everything about this is completely lowbrow yet genuinely entertaining.

[@user-jz8oc6qz4z]

Im going to be honest.. an otter pop lore theory would be GREAT.

[@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..

[@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.

[@hannahcrossett3415]

You should do a video about color changing tea like butterfly pea flower tea which is originally blue but turns pink with citrus juice. There are others that change color, too. Now there is purple tea, too. There are many colors in tea now and would make a pretty video.

[@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 :>

[@melonchola]

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

[@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 🎉

[@BobbyXalan]

I always just assumed that blue raspberry was a flavor mix of raspberry and blueberry

[@jealousagain783]

I had always heard that blue raspberry was actually pear flavor, which is very noticeable with Jolly Rancher specifically. Still my go-to flavor for anything.

[@bryanterrill7674]

I'm not sure bout pear taste but blue raspberry jolly ranchers make life worth living

[@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

[@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

[@LunarSolar-wk5ou]

the beginning of this episode, naming blue foods, is smth straight outta the riordanverse

[@theweatherisfineforsurfing5588]

The intro had me rolling

[@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.

[@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.

[@EepyBea]

This whole video i couldn't stop thinking about "They gave me no blue raspberry dawg"

[@Verysussyboi77]

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

[@AllInnerLove]

so tru

[@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.

[@borgorofborgington]

I can confirm as a addict to everything flavoured blue raspberry blue raspberry is now, Blue Rizzberry

[@i-Ballmusic]

Slurp juice sounds good right about now

[@djbeacon1826]

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.

[@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

[@TheAnti-FurryEliminationSquad]

Yeah, where I live the blue gatorade isnt ''cool blue'' , but it says its rasberry flavored.

[@GODofEverythin9_]

6:20 He just explained my childhood

[@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.

[@Spoonymanynoops]

Flavour*

[@Himechinachae]

@@Spoonymanynoops literally what

[@almeidinha171]

@@SpoonymanynoopsFlavor is right too lol

[@Spoonymanynoops]

@@Himechinachae They used degenerate American pronunciation 😋😋

[@arcadius853]

@@Spoonymanynoops bro who cares

[@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

[@sectembersecret]

I’ve just been binge watching you cuz I’m in a 6 hour car drive lol 😭

[@ambersummer2685]

Thank you so much for this video. Been thinking about this for a year.😂

[@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.

[@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.

[@SealandPK]

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

[@TrishTalkOfficial]

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

[@magentawool2556]

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

[@oooh19]

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

[@coelhogalatico]

We found out how to take MatPat's sanity away from him.

[@Nihalsrathod]

I love how Matt just goes crazy about blue flavor

[@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

[@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.

[@rodolfoescobosa6462]

100% we need to explore otter pop lore

[@theJennicat]

Blueberries and many other fruits (grapes, cherries, raspberries…) contain anthocyanin, a molecule that is a reddish colour in its naturally acidic environment: fruit. But, when it comes into contact with alkaline ingredients (the baking soda in a cake batter, for ex.), the anthocyanin turns blue.

[@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 😢

[@killuabest2125]

yeah i just thought the flavor was blackberries

[@chloenicholls2055]

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

[@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

[@geldimfglljdlgendgamepro81]

Matpat: "Blue Raspberry is fake!" The "Artifically Flavored" text in the packet of the "blue raspberry" sour patch kids: 🗿

[@jadeandlemon1292]

me and my dad watched this together so whenever i get something blue raspberry he says do you like that blue banana flavor 😭🤣

[@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.

[@personwhodosentlikecheese]

Also from Canada, some stores still sell some. I remember always getting them somewhere a few years back.

[@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 😅)

[@Tacomeatfujiwater]

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

[@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

[@nicolaoakes3364]

It’s been 4 months and matpat still hasn’t made a video about otter pops lore 😂

[@Evie-hw1fy]

"favorite flavor?" nobody: dan: "blue."

[@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

[@IANimations1]

how old were u when u found out

[@saragreenfire4515]

@@IANimations1 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.

[@IANimations1]

@@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.

[@bluwzrdphone]

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

[@amatanata]

I doubt that you plan on doing an otter pops lore video but Santi, if you’re reading this, please make one. I’ve never even had an otter pop yet I’m intrigued.

[@somewizardguy1495]

Concord grapes taste almost exactly like most artificial grape flavors, and I cannot be convinced otherwise.

[@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!

[@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

[@worldweaver2691]

is there otter pop lore? -Matpat a year before he quits for good.

[@silverpanseckhual6504]

Id lay money to see an otter pop lore video

[@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)

[@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.

[@k3nni_]

The blue joke in the beginning makes me nostalgic-

[@Sir_chicken1]

“I’m blue da ba de ba you die” -Blue Poison Dart Frog

[@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.

[@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.

[@nataliecabral6214]

Just to let you know Icey came 1st with the blue raspberry flavoring because I saw commercials of the Louie blue raspberry character and they said what time they released it before that time I was having ICeS so yeah❤

[@Ruby_the_idiot]

What does blue taste like? Me:Food-colouring

[@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

[@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!

[@HiHowRYa22]

Matpat. Now you have to make a otter pop lore episode

[@EricckkkMoneyyy]

You know, with the "Poison Dart Frogs" get their blue hue and poisonous ways from their diets, Ants and other Anthropods in the wild. If it weren't for that fact, they would be a golden color.

[@regiman222]

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

[@maddoxoverton3707]

Yeah that definitely it😂

[@mxnty_green_e]

Blue

[@cattocreates4328]

Chikn nuggit reference?

[@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.

[@MildSpiceMcVities]

Every. Single. Video.

[@8l351]

Yeah..

[@jessebaker4245]

All praise the theory lord

[@ARTwithsam55]

So guys, minor issue, but matpats snowcone has three flavors, one of them being BLUE. lol 😂

[@cardothelidalisaycardo4718]

0:45 not the editor feeding us ... *Blue*

[@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

[@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

[@PorkyMinch]

Spaghetti on trees. Chocolate cows. We should have learned by now.

[@MacNZ632]

Hearing dan saying blue, is just so blue

[@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

[@ThePixelated_kris]

6:52 do an otter pop lore video

[@owenfeilds]

Yes (start a chain)

[@liambriscoe]

Yes

[@calebgamer]

Yes

[@charlie1296]

Would need a collab with Ethan

[@ThePixelated_kris]

@@owenfeilds yes

[@cevatkokbudak6414]

This is the first Food Theory video that I enjoyed

[@leafeon8956]

Not me eating Blue Raspberry candy while watching this

[@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

[@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.

[@xiaojae06]

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

[@cofagrigusfan24]

here in Europe blue drinks and fruit candy are usually tropical fruit while blue ice cream, is bubblegum flavor

[@user-yw2zg3ys5g]

This intro is so funny!!! Love the vids.