Meaningless product descriptions

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Steak-n-Cake Oct 2018 5:10am, 27 Oct 2018 447 posts	0 Steak-n-Cake Not exactly a product description, but still pretty meaningless.... I see this ingredient on the back of lots of food and drink items - ''natural flavourings''. What exactly is this 'natural flavour'?? !
GlennR Oct 2018 2:09pm, 27 Oct 2018 38,799 posts	0 GlennR [it generally means anything of plant or animal origin, rather than the result of a chemical process - dried mouse poo is natural, coal tar extract is not. Similarly, carmine is a natural red colour, despite the fact it is extracted from crushed Peruvian ants. I write as a former food chemist/mass poisoner].
Nellers Oct 2018 6:18pm, 27 Oct 2018 33,268 posts	0 Nellers Catholic mass or weren’t you fussy?
GlennR Oct 2018 6:53pm, 27 Oct 2018 38,805 posts	0 GlennR Amorphous, black, catholic, you name it.
Markymarkmark Oct 2018 7:54pm, 27 Oct 2018 7,613 posts	0 Markymarkmark Not sure why "natural" is automatically considered better. Honey is still basically pretty pure sugar. Flour is still pretty much ordinary starch. Hemlock and Deadly Nightshade are both also natural.....
GlennR Oct 2018 8:02pm, 27 Oct 2018 38,807 posts	0 GlennR Absolutely Mmm.
ChrisHB Oct 2018 9:32pm, 27 Oct 2018 17,365 posts	0 ChrisHB so are asbestos and radioactivity.
GlennR Oct 2018 10:02pm, 27 Oct 2018 38,811 posts	0 GlennR And Simon Cowell.
Nellers Oct 2018 10:05pm, 27 Oct 2018 33,275 posts	0 Nellers No. Cowell is definitely the result of some sort of Chemical Processing. Mainly acid.
ChrisHB Oct 2018 1:00pm, 29 Oct 2018 17,368 posts	0 ChrisHB Vegetarian pulled-pork burgers.