Remarksman

The secret: It’s not the creepy chemical additive you thought.

You can be forgiven for wrongfully accusing liquid smoke of nefarious fakey toxic chemicalness. Even chemists have been confused on this one. Back in June, Slashfood interviewed NYU chemistry professor Kent Kirshenbaum, who—like you, me, Lynne Rossetto Kasper and everyone we know—had believed the worst about this cheap, sketchy sounding liquid.

Unlike the rest of us, however, Kirshenbaum actually went out and studied liquid smoke. He found that, despite its synthetic 1950’s aura, the stuff is perfectly natural.

I was always worried that I actually like Liquid Smoke… I guess it’s OK!