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ELI5: How do processed foods that use "real fruit" keep their products tasting consistent when not all ripe real fruit have the exact same taste, some being more tart than sweet?

For example, I can buy a box of ripe strawberries and some will be absolutely delicious and juicy while some others would be much more tart. How do food companies keep their fruit snacks tasting consistent?
gpt
1. Be extra picky with your quality control. A batch that might be perfectly fine on their own to sell might not meet a manufacturer's standards.
2.  Blend the fruit together. A million strawberries in a single blended paste will taste like the most average strawberry ever, and will make a lot of fruit snacks that taste the same.
3. Add other ingredients to alter the flavor after the fact, such as extra sugar.