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		hinkley 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Perfectly Replicating Coca Cola [video] Supposedly Jell-O was originally to be clear but they needed the food coloring to convince your brain you weren’t just tasting sugar and citric acid instead of the little bit of flavor they added per recipe.

Loughla 3 months ago [–]

All Jello tastes the same, and that's a hill I'll die on. There are no flavors.

kstrauser 3 months ago | [–]

What. You do you, but that’s a highly unusual perception.

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