Re:There Are No Truffles in Truffle Oil (2014)
by djsumdog on Thursday September 08, 2016 @01:48PM
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I was on a bus with some bacon flavoured peanuts. I read the ingredients (which was thankfully in English; most of the package was in Russian) and noticed it had no actual bacon.
Two of my friends on the bus were vegetarian and one said, "oh yea, smoked paprika. That's used in a lot of vegetarian stuff for bacon-type flavour." They then precoded to try some bacon peanuts.
Re:There Are No Truffles in Truffle Oil (2014)
by bri3d on Thursday September 08, 2016 @03:52PM
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The "bacon bits" sold at most US grocery stories under brand names like "Bac'n Pieces" and "Bac-Os" are a famous "I can't believe it's vegan" food - they're just bread with smoked paprika / liquid smoke based flavoring. Similarly, "Butter Lover's" microwave popcorn is generally vegan also.
In that case, keeping it kosher widens the market a bit, and the man on the street probably can't tell the difference anyway. Beside that, it's probably cheaper and easier to flavor with smoked paprika than actual bacon.
I have some truffle oil at home and always wondered how it could possibly be profitable to produce; one wouldn't want to squeeze anything out of a truffle. I guess now I have the answer, but I'm not too upset about it. It's probably as close to truffle-flavor as any grocery store in my state will actually get.