Similarly, using the word "original" to describe plain potato chips is wrong. It's the most unoriginal flavor of the lot. Just call it "plain".

It's not similar. Unfortunately, "original" is one of the words with a couple of very close but different meaning. This one even goes first in the dictionary:

> Existing at the beginning of a particular period, process or activity.

The original meaning of the root "origin" comes from Latin: to rise -> beginning, source birth.

> Most people have never consumed real vanilla in their lifetime

What exactly is the "vanilla extract, vanilla beans" in Ben & Jerry's ice cream then?

Supposedly Haagen-Dazs ice cream is made from "5 simple ingredients": cream, milk, eggs, sugar, and Madagascar (sic) vanilla (which is "real" vanilla I assume?)

And what about the vanilla extract which I have on my shelf, whose ingredients are "vanilla bean extractions in 35% alcohol?"

Have we all fallen victim to a diabolical vanilla conspiracy?

Even though the main character of the universe, you, has consumed real vanilla, the point stands. Almost everything labeled "vanilla" does not actually contain real vanilla.