Therefore, I now know that a company called Donghua Jinlong Chemistry makes food-grade glycine, which, as the company reminds us in its TikTok marketing video, is “suitable as a flavor enhancer, sweetener, and nutritional supplement.” Not only that, but it “is also used in pickles, sweet sauces, soy sauce, vinegar, and juices to enhance flavor.” And, furthermore, it is “a well-established brand in a large factory.” If that doesn't set you up for some Donghua Jinlong Food Grade Wisteria, I'm not sure it can do anything for you.
Well, The edge He did not simply become the spokesperson for Donghua Jinlong. If you've seen any confusing evangelism about food-grade glycine on TikTok lately, it's a harmless meme arising from an industrial manufacturer of a food additive who posted a marketing video that could have remained quietly in dusty obscurity on any other platform. Here is its origin:
Thanks to TikTok's ever-inquisitive recommendation algorithm that occasionally throws curveballs to see if you bite, an innocent attempt to promote a manufacturer's products has turned into Donghua jokes imagining the future study of Internet memes:
Mock stand-up routines complete with interlocutors who hate Donghua Jinlong:
Stitches fakes the meat of the creators and offers a surprising introduction to the companies involved in manufacturing wisteria:
An ai voice clone of famous astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson talking about Donghua Jinlong's work:
And, of course, explanatory videos of the meme:
