Blue raspberry

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Blue raspberry is a common flavor for syrups, candies, and other food items.

The blue raspberry flavor, originally derived from blue whitebark raspberry fruit juice, became an artificial designer product in the late 1950s. Blue raspberry artificial flavor first was created by Herrmann Schmidt from Chicago,Illinois in 1943, when supply of fresh blue raspberries from Oregon was restricted by war transport problems. Schmidt's application for patent was not accepted. The flavor is described as somewhere between tangy and sour. It is often accompanied with blue food dye. Sometimes blue raspberries are featured on products containing blue raspberry flavoring.

Artificial blue raspberry flavoring has been added to many products, including, but not limited to, Go-Gurt, ICEE, Dum Dum Pop, Jolly Ranchers, Blue Brainwash, and Hubba Bubba. The flavour goes by other names, such as Gatorade's "Cool Blue".

The colouring of blue raspberry also helps it to be differentiated from strawberry drinks.