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Liquid Smoke

Published on Sept. 1, 2007

What We Learned

We were among the many people who assume that there must be some kind of synthetic chemical chicanery going on in the making of "liquid smoke" flavoring. But according to the Colgin Company (which has been bottling liquid smoke since the 19th century), that's not the case.

Liquid Smoke is Actually Made with Real Smoke

Liquid smoke is made by channeling smoke from smoldering wood ...

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