Everything that exists has always existed. At least the material for it has. Someone could have built a computer in the year 406. The raw materials existed at least if not the knowledge.
Which brings me to…flavors.
Why do companies bring out products with flavors as if they just fell out of the sky?
Pomegranates have existed as long as we have. Yet if one were to time travel back a decade or 2 ago they’d be hard pressed to find anything pomegranate flavored. But now there are all sorts of juices, drinks, and fruit bars with it in, as if it just was suddenly invented.
Nacho cheese, sour cream and onion, cool ranch. I don’t recall seeing chips with these flavors in the 60’s. But hell, in the 70’s it was like they were just invented. I’m quite sure sour cream and onions existed before 1972.
Same thing with kiwi, watermelon, and (blech :smack: ) pumpkin spice. Years ago few if any products had these flavors.
So do companies keep things like this under wraps until the current trend get’s old? Do they already know what flavor sensation they’ll introduce in 2027? Are we all of a sudden going to realize the taste sensation of celery? And will it be marketed as though they just invented it?