Supermarket Flavours

[eddy-r3]

Hey guys just wandering if you can use cake flavourings or flavour concentrates from the supermarket for flavouring your own liquid?

Would this be 'ok'? Or will it make me BAD?!

Many thanks
Eddy

PS > Is there anything i should look for? ie. ingredients?

 

[Hoosier]

Baking flavors are usually a bad idea, but they come in nice sized bottles...

Flavorings used for candy making can be used like the Lorann's in the sticky http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/74109-guide-diy-flavoring.html

 

[eddy-r3]

Ok thanks for the reply, maybe im being dumb but whats the difference between candy making and baking? lol

I know to avoid oils at all costs and sugar/caramel? Other than that? Are they all the same?

health risks of certain flavours if any?
Thanks again

 

[Hoosier]

Bakers use emulsions which have gums and other large molecules that can gum up coils.

None of the candy maker type flavorings are meant to be inhaled, nor are they tested for such, so the possible health risk is why some use unflavored juice. There are concerns with the chemicals used to make butter and custard note flavors from many.

I use mint oils and do not have any issues, so I am baffled by the "avoid oils at all costs" thing.

 

[eddy-r3]

Ahh i read it on another thread that the oils clog up attys that was all

I guess with everything vape related we wont ever know!
Ill be going to the supermarket, im after either something vanilla, chocolate or caramel flavour to go with my hazelnut as its a little dry, could i just use a sweetner? If so, do you have a suggestion and a dose?

Many many thanks for your replies really apprecatied

 

[Hoosier]

Start small and work up from there and take notes the whole time. Better to toss a tiny batch than your whole stash.

That's one of my best suggestions.

 

[Sweeney Todd]

Hey there,

I used flavorings from the supermarket cake aisle while I was waiting for my TPA order to come in. They're diluted so we had to mix them at 15%-20% (16-17 drops of pg/vg, 3-4 drops flavor to test). They worked well enough for the cost.

 

[eddy-r3]

Super thanks for all the replies, it is just to tie me over and take the edge of this hazelnut as its very.....dry?

Will sucralose be ok in a smoky? any other sweetners i could try?