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Having trouble with Maraschino Cherry(FW)
submitted over 9 years ago by WorldWarPanda

So I am using only about 5% and it's clouding the shit out of my juice, any substitutes?

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by abdadaover 9 years agoI will rip you a new one if you don't use the sidebar & search.

It uses triacetin as a solvent (probably around 95% triacetin total) which will usually cloud up concentrates. Triacetin doesn't homogenize well with glycerin.

Edit I'd consider FLV Bing Cherry for that cherry note. At 2% or so it has a maraschino cherry flavor, pairs really well with maltols and vanillins. Even can go as low as 0.75% or 1% in some mixes.

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by WorldWarPandaover 9 years ago

Thank you very much! I'll have to order a little bit

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by Apocrisiaryover 9 years ago

I had this flavor in my arsenal. Mine got cloudy too. FYI, FW Cola will do the same thing.

Idk if I got a bad batch or something but mine was horrible! Tried at 1-2-4-6% all tasted very chemical, burnt sugar and a wicked throat hit. It's a shame really, because its smells oh so nice. But the taste is not like the smell, at least not mine :(

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by ID10-Tover 9 years ago

You mean it's just making your juice look cloudy? There's nothing wrong with that. I've never tried FW Maraschino Cherry but I've noticed that with citrus flavors and dragonfruit. If mean your juice tastes "cloudy" (muddled?), it think it depends on what you're mixing it with, but /u/ajsam3 has been using TFA Swedish Gummy to bring a maraschino cherry note to a pineapple upside-down cake recipe.

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by WorldWarPandaover 9 years ago

I am making juice for a company and they don't like the fact that the recipe is cloudy. I tried telling them about the fact that it's 70% VG will do that, just like /u/abdada said.

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by 0ptimusRhymeover 9 years ago

Check it Real Flavors Cherry Pie. It's the best cherry flavoring I've used and it doesn't cloud up. Also have you let the current recipe age for 2-3 weeks? I've found that cloudiness goes away at the stage, although it may vary depending on what caused the cloudiness to begin with.

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by WorldWarPandaover 9 years ago

Bottles are in black opaque bottles unfortunately

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by ID10-Tover 9 years ago

Ah, visual aesthetics as important to them as flavor. Bummer. I haven't tried FLV Bing Cherry either but you should probably listen to Dada.

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by WorldWarPandaover 9 years ago

Thanks man!

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by nw167over 9 years ago

I bought some Element Pink Lemonade and Keylime Cookie recently and that stuff was so damn cloudy it was almost opaque. It was also gone the same day.

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