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Almost all the wasabi you eat is actually horseradish.
Almost all the pumpkin pies you eat are actually squash pies.
What are other examples like this?
Almost all the pumpkin pies you eat are actually squash pies.
What are other examples like this?
Almost all the Kobe beef you eat is not actually Kobe beef (h/t @Maxsimile): https://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/article/kobe-wagyu-steak-myths
Most maple syrup is just corn syrup (h/t @antirobust): https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/03/27/why-americans-overwhelmingly-prefer-fake-maple-syrup/
Most truffle oil is actually 2,4-Dithiapentane (h/t @RyanRadia) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/opinion/truffle-oil-chemicals.html
"Researchers found 87 percent of the snapper they purchased from stores and restaurants was improperly labeled. Among the most common substitutes for snapper: seabream, tilapia and rockfish." (h/t @10959308a): https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/21/the-codfather-why-there-may-be-something-fishy-about-your-seafood.html
"A 2010 study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that 69 percent of imported olive oil labeled 'extra virgin' did not meet, in an expert taste and smell test, the standard for that label." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/01/24/opinion/food-chains-extra-virgin-suicide.html?_r=0
