All foods, all-natural including strawberries, are made up of chemicals, are made up of chemicals, whether they occur in nature or are made in a lab. flickr/Fried Dough The idea that there is a difference between "natural" chemicals, like those found in fruits and vegetables, and the synthetic version of those chemicals is just a bad way of looking at the world.

There are many chemicals in our food's natural flavors and colors. Some of them have long, scary-sounding names, too.

All foods — and everything else around us — are made up of chemicals, whether they occur in nature or are made in a lab. That means everything we smell or taste is a response to chemicals.