Hi folks,
I'm considering a bold move in the face of not being able to find some of the flavour extracts I'd like to build a juice from. Specifically, I'm thinking of buying the chemical compound(s) associated with the particular flavour (restricting myself to ones with a Flavor & Extract Manufacturing Assn. [FEMA] number), diluting the compound into an extract (w/the help of a chemist buddy to make sure I'm doing it right and to give him a laugh), then using the resulting extract in DIY juice mixing. That is, I can't find the bricks I want to make my house, so I'm thinking of buying clay to make the bricks to make the house.
TPA's site has a pretty exhaustive list in their "Aroma and Flavor Molecules" section. As an initial trial, the one I'm after is Hexanol-3-Cis, or "leaf alcohol", which is one of the chemicals that's responsible for the smell of freshly cut grass. Going the route of buying the chemical to make the extract strikes me as a lot safer than somehow distilling one's own by sticking a bunch of grass in a jar of alcohol or PG since there'd be no way to control for purity or amount of the affective ingredient (who wants to extract unseen doggy-do and lawn fertilizer?) And since you can get vodka & jelly beans in mowed lawn flavour, I'm thinking this must've been where those flavours came from (the chemical compound, that is).
Anyhoo, has anyone on here played around with this sand-to-bricks route? Any tips 'n tricks?
Thanks!
I'm considering a bold move in the face of not being able to find some of the flavour extracts I'd like to build a juice from. Specifically, I'm thinking of buying the chemical compound(s) associated with the particular flavour (restricting myself to ones with a Flavor & Extract Manufacturing Assn. [FEMA] number), diluting the compound into an extract (w/the help of a chemist buddy to make sure I'm doing it right and to give him a laugh), then using the resulting extract in DIY juice mixing. That is, I can't find the bricks I want to make my house, so I'm thinking of buying clay to make the bricks to make the house.
TPA's site has a pretty exhaustive list in their "Aroma and Flavor Molecules" section. As an initial trial, the one I'm after is Hexanol-3-Cis, or "leaf alcohol", which is one of the chemicals that's responsible for the smell of freshly cut grass. Going the route of buying the chemical to make the extract strikes me as a lot safer than somehow distilling one's own by sticking a bunch of grass in a jar of alcohol or PG since there'd be no way to control for purity or amount of the affective ingredient (who wants to extract unseen doggy-do and lawn fertilizer?) And since you can get vodka & jelly beans in mowed lawn flavour, I'm thinking this must've been where those flavours came from (the chemical compound, that is).
Anyhoo, has anyone on here played around with this sand-to-bricks route? Any tips 'n tricks?
Thanks!
