It would certainly seem so to me. Having an argument with an E-bay seller.
According to this site: https://definitions.uslegal.com/a/adulterated-food/
Adulterated food has had something added to it that makes it dangerous or fall below standards or increase its bulk or weight (like adding water)
I don’t think flavorings fall under that definition.
Aside from any official definitions, “adulterated” has a distinctly negative connotation. Adulterating something makes it objectively worse or of lower quality.
If you consider the fruit flavoring a desirable feature, than calling the honey “adulterated” doesn’t make sense. If you consider it a negative, it doesn’t mean the honey is of lower quality. It just means the product has a feature you don’t want.
Could you tell us how this even came up?
Another for “adulterated” doesn’t just mean “with something added”. Otherwise, bolognese sauce would be adulterated tomato sauce.
What’s the source of the fruit flavoring? Actual fruit or coal tar derivatives?
In one example I can think of, orange blossom honey tastes of oranges, but not because any oranges were added. There may be others like that, from other fruit trees, but I don’t know about them.
More to the point, you’re having an argument with a seller in a commercial transaction. The definition of specific words is very important in trade, and “adulterated” does not mean what you seem to think it means, in a business transaction.
Don’t become one of these people.
Yes, I understand, thanks for the correction. I wanted honey flavored honey, not peach flavored honey and I was careful to choose one in my range and in straws (an idea I got here at the Dope) to carry the honey for my tea to work. And I went thru all the flavors on Ebay to find what I thought was just honey, and when I got the peach, I wrote that it was incorrectly listed and now I am in an argument with a “Power Seller” who are apparently pretty much untouchable per Ebay. Just glad it wasn’t much $$. She claims the listing said peach, it didn’t, claimed I read it wrong on my mobile device (I used my laptop-is that a mobile device, I mean I suppose, but not really.) Meh, back to carrying my little bear.