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If you google the question youll see a 2013 National Geographic article explaining the origins of castoreum a natural vanilla flavouring. Beavers use it to mark their. Natural Raspberry Flavor Beaver Snopes Raspberry A chemical compound used in vanilla flavored foods and scents comes from the butt of a beaver. Vanilla flavoring beaver . The reader asked us if there was any truth to this statement. That said vanilla flavoring from beaver butts is very rarely used anymore as its difficult and expensive to collect according to Snopes. You may have heard the rumor by now -- certain artificial flavorings like vanilla raspberry and strawberry are made from the anal secretions of a beaver. Castoreum has been traditionally used in Sweden for flavoring a variety of schnapps commonly referred to as Bäverhojt literally beaver shout. The VRG asked five companies that manufacture both natural and artificial vanilla vanilla extracts concentrates distillates powders and flavors. Castoreu