castoreum

the exudate from the castor sacs of the mature North American Beaver Castor canadensis and the European Beaver Castor fiber. Within the zoological realm, castoreum is the yellowish secretion of the castor sac in combination with the beaver’s urine, used during scent marking of territory

Used as “natural flavor” vanilla substitute in various foods and beverages.

Source: Castoreum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

added 2012-04-15T13:32:24Z by anders

Tags: beavers food flavoring secretions