Well I would say that the above statement is drastically simplified and would be the same comparison as corn grown naturally or GMO altered!
> I'm not seeing that kind of gross comparison in the statement I pasted from the FlavourArt page at all. But I feel you--it's tricky--and there are lots of really good reasons (precedents, even) for not trusting a manufacturer of synthetic products designed for human consumption. Monsanto being perhaps the most major and creepy case in point. Apparently, several food flavoring compounders have notoriously lied and/or withheld information about the presence of diacetyl (and its questionable-at-best substitutes) in their products. My impression, however, is that the FA page I quoted from, above, is not an example of such deceit or obfuscation. I could be wrong. I do get most of my information from the internet
One of the reasons lab manufactured chemicals are used in medication (such as an asthma inhaler) is the fact that you can only reproduce identical compounds in a lab. If natural ingredients would be used, the substance would vary each time as one leaf would have gotten x amount of sunshine and the other leaf would have received a different amount. These tiny little processes can totally alter the components.
> Yes, and I think in the blurb I pasted this idea is addressed--or at least alluded to, however, not the specific instance of use of synthetic compounds vs. organic ingredients for pharmaceuticals since it's from a food/vape flavoring company's page:
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"There is little substantive difference in the chemical compositions of natural and artificial flavorings. They are both made in a laboratory by a trained professional, a "flavorist," who blends appropriate chemicals together in the right proportions. The flavorist uses "natural" chemicals to make natural flavorings and "synthetic" chemicals to make synthetic flavorings. The flavorist creating synthetic flavoring must use the same chemicals in his formulation as would be used to make a natural flavoring, however. otherwise, the flavoring will not have the desired flavor."
Now the questions is.......... is it better for a substance to be the same all the time or is it better to have the variety that nature provides. Personally I believe in the latter and if more people would apply this to their daily life (and not just vaping) we would also see far less allergies and sensitivities as we would not be exposed to exactly the same, all the time.
> Good point about natural variety in consumption and daily life. I try to stick to actual food, whenever possible... although in the U.S., they don't even legally have to tell us when we're eating, for instance, GMOs, so it's not as easy as it might seem.
The difference between an organically grown substance and a lab manufactured substance may not be great when it comes to the chemical compounds but lets's not forget that only 2% of our Genes differentiate us from Apes, so a tiny little difference can make a difference!
> You lost me with this...at least as far as its relevance to flavorings.
The next question would be to check for flavors that are heat stable, particularly for those on high end devices.
> Agreed, heat testing & volubility is an important stage of research, already in progress. I don't have the links at hand, but if you google "NYT editorial formaldehyde e-cigs" or the string "e cigarette research temperature of evaporation" you will find more info on this. See also the
research of Dr. Farsalinos et al
I hope my Genglish does not come across as too confused and I was able to explain well, what was explained to me.
One thing, though -- there are other items that vapers need which are more general-purpose -- bottles, syringes, all that kind of junk, and you can get that stuff on amazon for excellent prices, and use paypal, since it's amazon. Also some of that stuff on ebay, which also recently published a no-vape-stuff rule. They can't impose that kind of silliness on general purpose items like bottles and syringes; also, stuff like citric acid, to put in ejuice -- it's also used in canning, household cleaning, and other stuff, so it's on amazon, and you can use paypal. I get all my PG and VG from amazon, best price and best shipping price I've seen.
