What constitutes a good flavor concentrate?

[thugmusk]

I've read on this forum about Lorann.

I've read about Capella.

I haven't found what contstitutes a good flavor concentrate for use in e-juice flavoring. I have a nice stash of RIO concentrates and was wondering if those are suitable? They are intended to mix with sugar and water to make a syrup and then add to seltzer for flavored carbonated drinks.

RIO SYRUP COMPANY: Flavor Finder

Opinions welcome.

 

[natura]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...rs-color-coded-complete-ingredients-list.html

Good one to reference for anyone new to DIY

 

[MaxUT]

The RIO concentrates should work. They would be water soluble, which indicates a water, alcohol, propylene glycol or glycerine base. They don't appear to have any sugar.

As far as strength, the mixing instructions for syrup specify 4oz per gallon of water, so that's about 4% concentration for shaved ice syrup (my recollection of snowcone syrup is that it has a strong flavor). The flavor should be strong.

And the price is only $0.88 per oz for the smallest size. That's cheap!

One possible problem: some of these might have an excessive amount of artificial coloring. Are they very dark?

 

[thugmusk]

The RIO concentrates should work. They would be water soluble, which indicates a water, alcohol, propylene glycol or glycerine base. They don't appear to have any sugar.

No sugar in the concentrate.

As far as strength, the mixing instructions for syrup specify 4oz per gallon of water, so that's about 4% concentration for shaved ice syrup (my recollection of snowcone syrup is that it has a strong flavor). The flavor should be strong.

And the price is only $0.88 per oz for the smallest size. That's cheap!

One possible problem: some of these might have an excessive amount of artificial coloring. Are they very dark?

Yes. All dark.

It's less then a gallon of water to use. The end volume is one gallon of syrup. There is a helluva lot of sugar in it. 4 oz concentrate plus 5 POUNDS sugar plus enough water to make a gallon, is the recipe.

Thank you for your reply!

 

[MaxUT]

Still worth a try. You might mix some test liquid using 90% vegetable glycerin/water base and 10% concentrate to see how much flavor is delivered.

I read the two lists of concentrates and thought that some of the flavors should have lower amounts of coloring. Here are some of my guesses:

Original Shaved Ice Concentrates
Almond
Coconut
Honey
Mai Tai (White)
Vanilla

Specialty Shaved Ice Concentrates
Cheesecake
Coconut Cream
Eggnog
Ginger Ale
Horchata
Maple
Marshmallow
Vanilla Clear
White Grape