Making an apple that tastes like anything

Quick Overview

The experiment successfully created apple flavors resembling blueberries, strawberries, peaches, coconut cream, bubblegum, orange zest, bourbon whiskey, and bacon, although the bacon and blueberry flavors were less successful, demonstrating that an apple's flavor profile can be significantly altered by infusing it with oil-based flavor extracts diluted in an emulsified solution.

Key Points: The experiment successfully infused apples with various oil-based flavor extracts, resulting in apples tasting like blueberries, strawberries, peaches, coconut cream, bubblegum, orange zest, bourbon whiskey, and bacon. The base solution for infusion consisted of 13.2g Tween 80 emulsifier mixed with 134g distilled water, and then blended with flavor extracts at varying concentrations (2.5x up to 53x the original concentration). The apples were soaked for one minute in the respective flavor solutions (or 40 seconds for the initial cinnamon apple) and then left to sit for 24 hours at room temperature, followed by 24 hours in the refrigerator. The highest concentration (53x) for the cinnamon flavor resulted in an apple that tasted like apple mixed with cotton candy, while the lowest concentration (2.5x) tasted like a regular apple. The jalapeno apple flavor was rated as tasting 'gross' and intensely spicy, while the bacon apple was described as 'grotetesque' and not a successful flavor combination. The most successful flavors, offering a noticeable and pleasant change, were judged to be Orange Zest, Peach, and Coconut Cream. The experiment concluded that the method works, though achieving specific flavor profiles requires significant trial and error in concentration levels.

Context: The video documents an experiment where the creator attempts to infuse edible flavors into apples to make them taste like other things, such as grapes, cinnamon, or bacon, inspired by a previous success in making an apple taste like a grape. The process involves creating an emulsified solution of distilled water, Tween 80 (an emulsifier), and various concentrated, oil-based flavor extracts (like those for blueberry, peach, bacon, etc.). The apples are soaked in these solutions for one minute, then stored for two days (24 hours at room temperature, 24 hours refrigerated) before being tasted to evaluate the resulting flavor infusion.