It probably won’t surprise you that there isn’t any pumpkin or any spice in your pumpkin spice latte — or pumpkin spice Greek yogurt, pumpkin spice M&Ms or pumpkin spice vodka.
Instead of the nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and vanilla you’ll find in a pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice has something more synthetic.
NPR’s food and agriculture correspondent Dan Charles talks toHere & Now’s Robin Young about that pre-peppermint seasonal zeitgeist, pumpkin spice.
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- Dan Charles, food and agriculture correspondent for NPR. He tweets @nprDanCharles.
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