Essence and Fragrance & Flavors Powder & Liquid

Fragrance refers to the substance with its own aromatic smell. Most pastries and cookies can use spices and fragrances to improve or enhance the aroma and fragrance, these flavors and fragrances are called aromatics or flavorings. Spices can be divided into natural and artificial flavors according to different sources. Natural spices also include animal and plant spices, and plant spices are mainly used in food production. Artificial flavors are compounds obtained by the reaction of raw materials such as petrochemical products and coal tar products. Essence is a compound spice composed of several or dozens of spices blended by diluent. In a strict sense, spices generally refer to raw materials used as flavor ingredients, and are rarely used directly in food. Essence is an important raw material directly used to increase the flavor of food.

The flavor of food is a complex project, not only the simple compound of several flavors, but also involves the essence can be integrated with the food base, can be acid-resistant, can be heat-resistant, can be stable in the process of product sterilization, preservation and many other factors. And because the flavor source, purity and so on are different, so even if the same flavor, its dosage in the same product is also very different, should be paid attention to when using. In general, for liquid food, the total amount of various flavors should not exceed 0.1%, to <0.05% is appropriate, but for solid products, the amount is basically about 0.1%.

In food flavor, spices have played a role in causing appetite, promoting appetite, so it is an indispensable part of food. Good flavor, spices to the product play a finishing touch, fresh and natural is the food industry use of flavor, spices expected to achieve the purpose, and a variety of flavor clever collocation, can make food products icing on the cake.

Flavor and fragrance are more common in the formula of cakes and cookies, except for a few varieties, almost every variety needs to add flavor or spice. The main purpose of using flavor or spice in cakes and cookies is to give the product a unique flavor and improve the flavor of the product. Therefore, according to different varieties of cakes and cookies, different flavors or spices can be selected to make the products have different fragrances. For example, cream creme crackers with cream flavor; Coconut water pancake added coconut oil flavor; Orange biscuit added orange essential oil, etc. Natural flavors have high safety, mellow flavor and are better than artificial flavors. There are many kinds of natural spices, commonly used are lemon oil, orange oil, coconut oil and so on. Most food flavors are fruity flavors synthesized by imitating various fruit flavors. In the production of biscuits, the more commonly used food flavors are lemon flavor, orange flavor, coconut flavor, banana flavor, strawberry flavor and so on. In addition, there are some more commonly used other types of flavor, such as cocoa flavor, cream flavor, vanilla flavor and so on. Water-soluble essence is made of distilled water, ethanol, propylene glycol or glycerin as diluent, easy to volatilize, not suitable for baking food aroma. Oil-soluble flavor is blended with refined vegetable oil, glycerin or propylene glycol as diluent, and its heat resistance is better than water soluble flavor, so it is suitable for baked food.