Can anybody identify the sweetener in Milkman and Loop Ninja (nicks blissful brews) based on these characteristics:

submitted over 10 years ago by cheesebanana

It's very clearly an integral part of both flavours, in quite high concentrations, and I really rather like it, so I'm eager to use it.

It has a tendency to brown up cotton VERY quickly over time (I'm talking turning brown on the edges of the wicks within 30 minutes of being left alone after a few puffs)

Taste wise it has a very VERY "dry" aspect to it. It's very reminiscent of kind of sugar frosting.

Anyway so that's what I'm looking for. Hopefully that will narrow it down for you fellows in the know. Anybody have any ideas? The milkman boasts itself as being "99% vg" so assuming that's not an outright lie, many people postulate it's possible that it's like 5%+ of VG based sweetener and not much else in way of flavourings, and whatever is in that, is definitely the same thing that's in Loop Ninja.

EDIT: An example of what it does to wicks. This was after about 30 minutes, one redripping and about 10 pulls. http://i.imgur.com/uTL1lzb.jpg

Comments

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by abdadaover 10 years ago

Just bought some today. Hated it but will keep trying over 6-8 weeks.

Reminiscent of erythritol to me. Kinda dry, kinda cool. I use erythritol as a sweetener and it gunks coils.

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by Chrononaughtover 10 years agoOne of "The Damned"

Hmmm that's a tough one, especially In regards to the "99% VG". I don't think it's Sucralose, but I'm not sure. From my personal experience, sucralose tends to give me a more "full" mouth feel if that makes any sense... seems to make it a bit more moist than dry. Again this is my personal experience with it anywhere from .5-3%, however it does fuck my coils pretty hard. Oh and the sucralose I've been using is from NudeNicotine. Haven't tried any others yet.

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by fatclownbabyover 10 years agoMixologist

Maybe a mix of ethyl maltol and suralose.

I know when I use those at around 5%, my cotton turns reddish brown within an hour by the leads.

I've never tasted those before do its tough. But EM is that cotton candy taste at high percents

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by divinefrombehindover 10 years ago

Yea 99% VG is an outright lie. Or at least some form of deception. Like a "99% VG base" or something like that.

About 6 months ago I wanted to try their Flan flavor and bought a bottle. It was thin as hell, like thinner than 70/30 juice I brew.

So yea, can't really help you with your sweetener question, but I did rant about The Vaping Rabbit a little. By the way I use TFA Sweetener @ .5-2% depending on the recipe. TFA Sweetener is a sucralose solution.

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by JustSayNoToDiacetylover 10 years ago

I wonder this too. I suppose it is possible to have VG based flavorings if the companies are extracting their own concentrates, but how many actually do this?

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by shrine399over 10 years agoMixologist

Wouldn't the actually flavoring be >1% itself though, regardless of what it's diluted in?

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by JustSayNoToDiacetylover 10 years ago

Lol, yeah good point.

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by MacHater420over 10 years ago

People don't normally use distilled water in that concentration, but it could be 99% VG with 1% distilled water to thin it.