Since I assume the flavors used are intended for candies/cooking, is it possible to make drink concentrates (like Mio/Crystal Light concentrates) with Stevia with them?
Couldn't think of another forum to ask in. TIA!
If you look at the ingredients on mio it's basically just PG, Flavor, Preservatives, sweetener.
I looked into this a bit and I've only done it once, but I've used ecto cooler flavoring to make the drink. I had to add some sweetener and green food coloring obviously. But in the end it tasted like the drink. Oh I also added some tangerine as well, it didn't taste perfect, but I was close. You want to use very little flavoring though. I think I used around 5 drops in a rather large glass. I kept adding drops till it tasted close than added a little sugar and went back and forth like that. At one point I even dumped out some and had to water it down. Sugar was important to trying to get that flavor and I don't like much in artificial sweeteners, which is why I used sugar. I haven't done it again because I am spending too much on hardware to buy more flavoring and I'm low on EC.
I've been wondering what concentrations of flavoring would be required to refill a Mio bottle. I've searched in vain, may be time for experimentation if nobody else knows.
I do know that one bottle is supposed to make a gallon mixed. Small scale experimentation then scaling up would be the way to go. I'll do some experiments as soon as the next shipment of flavorings arrives. Hopefully this week.
Sure, why not? It'd take experimentation to figure out what you like, but I can't see it being harmful.
I quite often put 2-3 drops of TPA Earl Grey in my (rather large) mug of tea. It's very nice.
They will be food grade, in fact it's difficult to think why a company would make flavour that isn't food grade, and they are water soluble, so I don't see why not. I believe that vape juice is far more concentrated than normal food flavouring though.
No its the same exact food flavoring
Food flavourings are often not concentrated enough for e-liquid.
McCormick as a rule is too diluted to be a useful flavorant
The stuff in the supermarkets hasnt been and is vastly weaker than the stuff vapers use.
most food flavorings are not as concentrated
I really don't think it is. Also, food flavours vary vastly in concentration from different manufacturers, so I'm at a loss how you can say that all food flavouring is the same as vape concentrate.
What is vape concentrate? TFA, Capella, and many others were in business before vaping. They ARE food flavoring, not "vape concentrates." Just because the supermarket doesn't sell these particular brands doesn't mean they aren't food flavorings. No where does Capella say they are for use in vapes, and TFA barely mentions it and says they have not tested their flavors for inhalation.