Is a natural flavor chemically different from an artificial one?

Placeholder. Mark will write the direct answer here: forty to sixty words that answer the question in plain language before any detail, the way he would say it to a buyer on the phone. The full explanation follows below this box. Nothing in this box is a real answer yet, so do not rely on it.

Placeholder — Mark to write. This answer is a draft. Nothing below is a real answer yet.

Same molecule, different source

[Mark: explain the “everything is chemistry” point in your own words.]

Where the difference is real

[Mark: labeling, sourcing, cost, and what buyers should actually care about. Any regulatory points stay draft until you confirm them.]