Making sucralose flavoring

[Alien Traveler]

From this sub forum I have learned that many people use sucralose for flavoring. I just started to make my own liquids and have already stockpiled all (?) necessary ingredients; so I do not wish to pay for shipment of single flavoring. I do have Splenda at home and hope can make my own flavoring. I just need to know what is used as a base for flavorings: water, alcohol, PG?

 

[csardaz]

sucralose is 600 times sweeter than sugar. The splenda you have at home is mostly maltodextrin and dextrose filler and a little sucralose.
I'd expect a solution of splenda to be several times weaker in sweetening power than one using just sucralose without the dextrose.

My TFA sweet is sucralose in water. I thought its 10% sucralose but it doesn't say on the bottle.

Flavors usually come dissolved in PG and/or alcohol. Water is fine in juice - often added on purpose, though it should be pure (distilled) water (condensed steam).

 

[zoiDman]

Splenda Isn't Sucralose. I would Strongly Suggest that you DON'T Use It.

Splenda usually contains 95% dextrose (D-glucose) and maltodextrin which the body readily metabolizes, combined with a small amount of mostly indigestible sucralose.

Splenda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Jonathan Tittle]

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From this sub forum I have learned that many people use sucralose for flavoring. I just started to make my own liquids and have already stockpiled all (?) necessary ingredients; so I do not wish to pay for shipment of single flavoring. I do have Splenda at home and hope can make my own flavoring. I just need to know what is used as a base for flavorings: water, alcohol, PG?

You can buy sucralose from some health food / specialty stores, though you need to make sure it's 100% sucralose, not a mix of dextrose, maltodextrin and other fillers. If you can't find it locally, ordering is your best bet as Splenda is a blend which is heavy on the filler and light on sucralose and it's not recommended for use.

 

[wallacecarey]

i started out using Sucralose in my juice and still like it but find I prefer the taste of Liquid Stevie nowdays.

Wallace

 

[Jonathan Tittle]

i started out using Sucralose in my juice and still like it but find I prefer the taste of Liquid Stevie nowdays.

Wallace

The same fillers that are in Splenda are in most Stevia liquids and/or packets unfortunately. Even the EZ Sweets that most were fanatical about contains those fillers and it's just not something I would personally add to my e-liquids. If you managed to find a 100% Stevia liquid, with zero fillers and Stevia is the only ingredient other than water, please let me know as I'd like to try it myself .

 

[Alien Traveler]

Thanks for very useful and educational answers. Somehow I did not realize that dextrose and glucose is the same thing. So, they are feeding their buyers the most common in human body sugar and call it “no-calories product”… Interesting.

From now on I will by only pure sucralose and use it both for e-liquid and as a sweetener.

 

[RogueSeraph257]

Are there any health hazards to vaping using products with maltodextrin in them?

 

[Boletus]

The same fillers that are in Splenda are in most Stevia liquids and/or packets unfortunately. Even the EZ Sweets that most were fanatical about contains those fillers and it's just not something I would personally add to my e-liquids. If you managed to find a 100% Stevia liquid, with zero fillers and Stevia is the only ingredient other than water, please let me know as I'd like to try it myself .

I saaw this thread recently by someone that says they found stevia in water and VG:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/587878-stevia-base-vg-water-sweetener.html

 

[crxess]

My son just started using Smoky Mountain sweetener and seems to like the results. Big Bottle, small price. He brought me 20ml and I hope to test it out soon.

 

[zoiDman]

My son just started using Smoky Mountain sweetener and seems to like the results. Big Bottle, small price. He brought me 20ml and I hope to test it out soon.

Ingredients

Water soluble saccharin 2% (24 mg per 1/4 tsp. serving), with benzoic acid 0.1%, and methyl paraben 0.05% as preservative.

Sweetener Nutritional Information | Smoky Mountain Sweetener | Powdered sweeteners