Flavor extracts offer the most natural—and often the most potent, flavor enhancement available. Natural flavor extracts are made by soaking fruits, beans, and seeds in a liquid solution to absorb the flavor in a highly concentrated liquid form. There are no preservatives or artificial chemicals involved, and the end result is pure flavor.
In addition to offering natural flavors, extracts also allow for easy mixing in most formulations. Because flavor extracts come in liquid form, they blend very easily and evenly, and allow for greater control over the intensity of the flavoring.
Chocolate extract
Possibly no flavor is more beloved worldwide than chocolate. If you’re looking for a pure and natural boost of chocolate flavor to add to your formulation, chocolate extract can be invaluable to you. Whether you’re making brownies, chocolate cake, mousse, or any other chocolate product, adding a bit of chocolate extract can take any chocolate treat from good to great.
Coffee extract
While a cup (or two) of coffee is a daily routine for many, that does not need to be the only time we enjoy coffee’s flavor. Coffee extract can be used to impart the rich, luxurious taste of coffee into baked goods such as coffee cakes and muffins. As always, using coffee extract will help ensure a smooth, consistent coffee flavor in your formulation.
Lemon extract
Lemon is a popular flavor in baking, either as the primary flavor or a complementary taste. Lemon cakes, lemon meringue pie, and lemon frosting represent just a few popular bakery items that feature lemon flavoring. Lemon offers a tart, refreshing taste in the right doses, but too much of it can be off-putting. Lemon extract allows food manufacturers to add a hint of lemon to balance sweet flavors or fruit flavors—without making anyone wince from excessive sourness.
Orange extract
Like lemon, orange is a popular citrus flavor that features prominently in some popular desserts. Many great orange creamsicle cheesecake recipes can be enhanced by orange extract to help emphasize the rich, smooth flavor that only cheesecake can. The crisp, refreshing taste of natural orange flavoring cannot be beat when paired well with sweet baked goods, and no artificial food flavorings can substitute for orange extract in baked goods.
Vanilla extract
What would this list be without vanilla extract? The most popular flavor extract, vanilla extract is the best way to achieve vanilla flavoring in general, but especially in baked goods. Vanilla extract can be used in just about every formulation, whether to provide a strong vanilla flavor, or simply to add an extra bit of natural sweetness. The applications for vanilla extract are almost limitless.
OSF Flavors is a top quality flavoring manufacturer offering the best in all-natural flavor extracts. You can ask for a sample using our sample request page.