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'Salty' flavoring additive?
submitted over 11 years ago by VioletStrike

Does something like this exist? My mom is looking for a salty or salty/sweet vape, and I don't think I've seen any 'salty' flavors. Are their additives to achieve this like you would sweet or sour? Cause I've seen salted caramel ejuice. Any help?

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by hupaover 11 years ago

I know some people use vinegar, but I'm not sure what the flavor ends up like. Not exactly what you're lookin for, but throwin it out there.

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by 3tern1tyover 11 years agoMixologist

Vinegar is Malic Acid. It's used for tobaccos to smooth them out and it can be used to sour fruit flavors, but it won't add a salty note.

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by doctapeppaover 11 years ago

Vinegar is acetic acid. Malic acid is something else.

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by 3tern1tyover 11 years agoMixologist

You're right. Not to split hairs but ACV does contain Malic Acid as well. But yes, Malic Acid is sold as "Sour" by TFA.

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by rhionaeschnaover 11 years ago

Flavor West makes salted caramel. It's actually quite nice stand alone at 10-15%. The saltiness is very subtle, but noticable. Vinegar won't give juice a salty flavour, it's generally used at a few drops per 10mL to alter pH and enhance flavour. I've heard of folks using sterile preservative free normal saline (0.9% NaCl) in small percentages to add moisture, though I've not tried it yet, so I can't say if it adds a saltiness to liquids.

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by m_i_rover 11 years ago

2 options:

If you use a high % of VG, you can thin it out with .9% USP sterile saline solution

Make a "salt flavor" by dissolving pure sea salt in PG. I'd propose a 10% solution, following this recipe for Ethyl Maltol solution, swapping out sea salt for Ethyl Maltol: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/373159-ethyl-maltol-crystals-mixing-ratio-pg-create-sweetener.html

DISCLAIMER: do at your own risk! I'd avoid any sort of "iodized" salt, and I'm not sure how hard on the coils the PG dissolved salt will be. The USP saline solution is the safer method of the two, as it's a widely used additive. Start at 4% and go up from there...I've read that 4% is where you can start to "taste" the saline solution.

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by [deleted]over 11 years ago

> 'm not sure how hard on the coils the PG dissolved salt will be

Not to mention your lungs

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by lookapolishabout 11 years ago

@ 0.9% NaCl is isotonic, thus actually quite preferred for your lungs.

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by spaceballsrulesover 11 years ago

Agreed.

If you make your own, use sea salt or kosher salt. Otherwise, you can just buy saline solution at the pharmacy.

You can also use vinegar or lemon juice to get a similar effect.

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by m_i_rover 11 years ago

Check out this in the sidebar. There's some mention of using the saline solution.

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by PinheadXover 11 years ago

I'm getting a salty flavor in some dessert flavors from a certain vendor. Not sure how he's getting this, but I'm sure he won't tell me. :)

I imagine it's something like the top post is describing.

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