imitation banana extract question

[vapi]

I just bought some McCormick imitation banana extract from the supermarket because I want to make banana pudding with it but can I use it to vape also? I would just mix it with vg, no nic.

 

[Kurt]

I have not looked at the ingredients of this, but the compound making the flavor is probably isoamyl acetate (named various ways). The solvent is likely ethanol or ethanol with some water. Try it at 10% with VG. The flavor might be weak, but it might work. The issue is that with many store-brand extracts, the flavor is weak at normal %s used, and the juice is too thin from ethanol at %s needed to give enough flavor. But since this is for a non-nic juice, the price of experimenting will be low. OTOH, if there is sugar present, this can cause a problem with decomposition on the coil of the atty.

 

[sophie_lapin]

Agree with the poster above.

Lorann's Banana Cream is very good. You can google cake shops/suppliers in your area to make a purchase rather than having to order online.

 

[donnah]

McCormick flavors aren't strong enough. You need to use the super concentrated flavors

 

[vapi]

The ingredients are; Water, Alcohol (34%), Natural and Artificial Flavors, And FD&C Yellow 5. No corn syrup in this one.

Are the color additives ok to vape?

I could double up the flavor if it isn't strong enough, 1tsp made a batch of 4-6 pancakes taste like banana.

 

[Zal42]

I could double up the flavor if it isn't strong enough, 1tsp made a batch of 4-6 pancakes taste like banana.

I think that you'll find it very difficult to include enough flavoring to get the taste you want while still leaving enough room for the nic and keeping it from being too runny.

Cooking flavorings are very diluted (from the ingredients you listed, at least 68% of the fluid in the bottle is stuff that isn't flavoring at all: water and alcohol!), and you need more flavor in juices than you think -- far more than you need in food.

You really do want to use a concentrated flavoring.

That said, I don't think that using this flavoring would be harmful. Just worthless.

 

[vapi]

Thanx everyone, I'm not going to do it. I just figured since I had it on hand it wouldn't hurt to try but doesn't sound like it's worth the effort.