Stronger sweetener?

[kirstinr]

So I've started some DIY - done a peppermint/menthol mixture that I really like and will probably tweak just a bit, a butterscotch with some sweet cream, a double dark chocolate,a clove mixture, and a caramel machiatto, all using TFA's sweetener. The only one that has come out remotely sweet is the peppermint mixture, and I believe that this mixture is inherently sweet because of the peppermint. All the mixtures are close to a 50/50 mix of VG & PG. I've used 10% to 20% of the sweetener and seem to have no real variation in the sweetness of any of the mixtures, so .. Where am I going wrong? Or is there a sweetener out there that is more noticeably sweet than that that I bought from TFA?
I've already gone through about half of the bottle of sweetener (ok, I knocked the bottle over the first time I went to mix a batch, but anyways) and I'm worried that I'm going to run out way sooner than I run out of the myriad of flavors I've bought to play mad scientist with!

TIA,
Kirstinr

 

[Red_Bird]

EZ-Sweetz® Free Sample

They have 2 strengths....a DARK blue capped bottle and another colored cap. The dark blue is what I use, its their super strength version.

2 drops per 15 ml, 4 or 5 per 30 ml is PLENTY.

 

[LucentShadow]

I got TFA's sweetener (sucralose) when I started to DIY, and found it to be very sweet. Typically, 1 drop per ml would make the e-liquid very sweet, and I'd usually only need about 1 drop per 3-5ml. I can't imagine using 10-20%.

Have you tried it in such low amounts? Most flavorings just taste 'blah' if too much is used, though I've never used anywhere near that much of that to know if such is the case with it.

Anyway, that's the sweetest stuff I know of. You may want to try Ethyl Maltol sometime. It's not nearly as sweet, but adds a nice caramelized sugar taste, and is good to 'round-out' many other flavors, while adding a bit of sweetness.