Sugar in DIY juice?

[zak2210]

Hi all

I was wondering if it's OK to use sugar to sweeten some of my e liquids - Is it safe and is it used?

I've been looking at some recipes and they recommend using sucralose, does this refer to sugar or something else?

Cheers

 

[yellowsnow]

You should not use regular sugar. Read dannys blog E-Cigarette Forum - dannyv45 - Blogs. And spend some time here for some great learning DIY E-Liquid

Hi all

I was wondering if it's OK to use sugar to sweeten some of my e liquids - Is it safe and is it used?

I've been looking at some recipes and they recommend using sucralose, does this refer to sugar or something else?

Cheers

 

[zak2210]

Thanks for the info mate

 

[Sgt.Rock]

Google up "pure sucralose" and grab a few grams...take a 30 ml bottle and add a gram of powder to it and fill with PG...warm it under running warm water and shake until dissolved-- Add sparingly to your mixes..a couple drops go a long way!

Try it in small batches first... like 1 drop to 10 ml and adjust from there.

I add just a few drops per 30 ml of my homebrew menthol mix and it smooths it out nicely.

 

[dannyv45]

What exactly is sweetener?

Humm good question.

EM is not really a sweetener it changes the chemical composition of the mix and changes the perception of the way your taste buds sense flavor. EM is used more to thicken, give body and wetness to a mix as well as smooth out ruff edges. It may give already sweet flavoring a slight perception of more sweetness but will also tend to mute the actual flavor. Typical usage is .5 - 1%. I personally use no more then .5%

Sucarlose is a splenda type sweetener and small amounts will add lots and lots of sweetness so you need to be careful with percentages. This is a good choice for your candies, desert, fruit and creamy mixes. This can be found in 5 or 10% premixed solutions and should be used starting at .5% - 2%. Remember using very little gives a lot of sweetness.


Don't use off the supermarket shelf sugar or artificial sweeteners buy it from a reputable vape shop or vape vender. supermarket products are ment for ingesting and not vaping and contain other additives that are not ment for vaping and can damage your coils or your lungs.