Hello, I'm looking for specifically concentrates that add distinct sweetness to recipes. Preferably ones that don't add very much "flavor" or "mouthfeel" of their own. If they do then, ones that are able to replace the use of simple Sweeteners in a recipe.
THE LIST
- CAP Sugar Cookie (0.25-1.50%) - I feel like cap sugar cookie at low % also adds a warm sweetness without changing the flavor much. (Thanks exclusivegirl)
- CAP Sweet Cream - Has ethyl maltol, which gives the impression of sweetness. (Thanks thedirtyprojector)
- CAP Vanilla Whipped Cream - Add a great sweetness. (Thanks clocinnorcal)
- CAP Vanilla Cupcake (0.50-1.00) - Brings sweetness. (Thanks deejaymillsnyc)
- CAP Sweet Watermelon - Can be used to add sweetness to a fruit mix with fruits that go well with watermelon. (Thanks Fuzzy05)
- CAP Graham Cracker (1.50-3.00%) - The cinnamon sugar notes are pretty prominent. Used at lower percentages it just adds a sweet bakery note. (Thanks VapeQueen214)
- FA Caramel (0.25-1.75%) - Caramelized [BURNT] Sugar, not butterscotch caramel. Unwise to build a dish around this one, but perfect for sweeting up certain dishes! Sweets, deserts, pastries,.....ooooo cheesecake....that'd be good.
- FA Marzipan (0.25-1.75%) - Nutty, Almondy, Sugary, goodness. With no nutty mouthfeel. I hate nuts, but I loooove marzipan. So good. Very "big" round sweetner. Fills out the middle quite a bit. Used it in the cheesecake.
- FA Joy (0.5-1.00%) - Provides a deep fried sugary sensation by adding 0.5-1% to a recipe. Reference: wh1skeyk1ng
- FA Pear (0.50-1.00%) - It adds a pleasant sweetness to fruit and dessert blends. (Thanks thedirtyprojector)
- FA Meringue (0.50-2.00%) - Adds a type of hardened cake fondant taste which can add that really hard sweet top note to an icing, cake, ice cream,.....really almost anything, probably why it's so popular.
- FA Forest Fruit (0.25-1.00%) - Adds a sweet berry note with dark berry undertones without overpowering most flavorings. (Thanks VapeQueen214)
- FA Fuji (0.30-0.50) - Adds sweetness to fruits. (Thanks NeuroApathy )
- FA Blackcurrent (0.30-0.50) - Add sweetness to darker fruits. (Thanks NeuroApathy )
- FA Zeppola (1.00-2.00%) - Add a nice sugary sweetness to bakeries! (Thanks CheebaSteeba )
- FA Marshmallow - Add a great sweetness. (Thanks clocinnorcal)
- FLV Candy Roll - Somewhat like smarties. It will impart a chalky taste @2%+ but @~1% is a great sweetener for fruits (Especially Grapefruit, Melons, and Apple IMO). (Thanks jiffythekid)
- FW Vanilla Bean Ice Cream - Probably the sweetest out of all the VBICs out there. It definitely has some form of sweetener inside. (Thanks thedirtyprojector)
- TFA Sweet Cream (0.40-2.00%) - Adds a thick goopy thick sugary glaze, which eventually starts getting a bit cheesy if you push it too hard. I love using this for pastry deserts.
- TFA Brown Sugar (0.25-0.75%) - Adds a light maple note that will darken a recipe while also just slightly sweetening the recipe. Useful for coffees, cinnamons, pastries, tobaccos. It's really a dark sweetness, so it's a very "Alt" sweetener.
- TFA Sweetener (0.25-2.00%) - This is generic sweet. It has half sucralose, half Maltol, and lots of a distilled water in it. It will give no character to a recipe. This will just add sweetness to your mix, nothing else. Good for beta testing recipes.
- TFA Cotton Candy / Ethyl Maltol 10% (0.25-2.00%) - Tastes kind of like a weird attempt at spun sugar at a really high %. At 0.25 to 2%, it doesn't seem to have any flavor, but acts as a sweetness enhancer for some fruits. However it can also mute their flavor, so you must use it carefully, but for sharp flavors that need their edges rounded, that could be a feature rather than a bug. (Thanks ID10-T)
- TFA Marshmallow - Adds sweetness. Almost like TFA cotton candy but less moist and more dense, if that makes sense. (Thanks thedirtyprojector)
- TFA Toasted Marshmallow - It imparts a toasted smore taste but I do get an inherent sweetness out of it. (Thanks thedirtyprojector)
- TFA Strawberry (Ripe) - At low percentages can add sweetness to fruit mixes. (Thanks mlNikon )
- TFA Cheesecake (Graham Crust) (1.50-3.00%) - Really nice creamy sweetness. (Thanks VapeQueen214)
- TFA Vanilla Swirl - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- TFA Dulce de Leche - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- TFA RY4 Double - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- TFA Bavarian Cream - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- TFA Juice Peach - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- FLV Caramel - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- JF RY4 Double - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- JF Bavarian Cream - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- JF Sweet Strawberry - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- INW Burley - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- INW Scamel - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- INW Nutty Princess - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- INW Nugat - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- INW Crem Brulee - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- INW Peach - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- FA Vienna Cream - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- FA Strawberry - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- FA Kiwi - MORE INFO? (Thanks bobbysavage)
- Erythritol - MORE INFO? (Thanks CheebaSteeba)
- Stevia - MORE INFO? (Thanks CheebaSteeba)
- Monkfruit - MORE INFO? (Thanks CheebaSteeba)
- FA Torrone? - /u/wh1skeyk1ng will have to give his thoughts, he loves the stuff I think. I'm pretty sure it works like a sweetener.
Please help me out by giving me your personal favorites and the character of them. For testing new recipes I usually throw a TFA Sweetener 1% on it before I get everything nice and neat, but in the end you want the right sweetener with it's own personality that complements the recipe and helps the whole thing come together. I'm looking to help people do that.
I'll go ahead and add any comments to the list with credit! Also anyone can supplement my descriptions if they feel like I missed some important notes!
SEE ALSO:
- Catalog of Concentrates That Add Texture
- Catalog of Concentrates That Add Sweetness
- [Catalog of Concentrates That Mature/Steep Quickly] (https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY_eJuice/comments/5nrggz/making_a_catalog_of_concentrates_that_maturesteep/)
You're missing FA Pear. At 0.5 - 1%, it's adds a pleasant sweetness to fruit and dessert blends.
TFA Marshmallow adds sweetness, too. Almost like TFA cotton candy but less moist and more dense, if that makes sense.
Same goes for TFA Toasted Marshmallow. It imparts a toasted smore taste but I do get an inherent sweetness out of it.
Capella Sweet Cream has ethyl maltol, which gives the impression of sweetness.
Flavor West Vanilla Bean Ice Cream is probably the sweetest out of all the VBICs out there. It definitely has some form of sweetener inside.
All the marshmallow flavors, really, though TFA is the one that does the best at adding sweetness and mouthfeel without changing the flavor too much.
I feel like cap sugar cookie at low % also adds a warm sweetness without changing the flavor much.
Sorta why I love CAP Marshmallow, you get the total opposite, ALLL MOUTHFEEL.....
Actually, for double the mouthfeel of CAP Marshmallow, double up with CAP Simply Vanilla, you get double the luscious clouds and double the smoothness!
ALL CLOUDS BABY
- RECIPE W/E
- CAP Marshmallow 0.75%
- CAP Simply Vanilla 0.75%
Well if we're throwing in sweetener and EM, what about Erythritol, Stevia, and Monkfruit? I believe there have been flavor reviews on each if you need additional information on them.
Sweet Watermelon (CAP) can be used to add sweetness to a fruit mix with fruits that go well with watermelon.
FLV Candy Roll - Somewhat like smarties. It will impart a chalky taste @2%+ but @~1% is a great sweetener for fruits (Especially Grapefruit, Melons, and Apple IMO).
Edit: It also doesn't gunk or mute in my experience @~1%.
TPA Ethyl Maltol 10% - Tastes kind of like a weird attempt at spun sugar at a really high %. At 0.25 to 2%, it doesn't seem to have any flavor, but acts as a sweetness enhancer for some fruits. However it can also mute their flavor, so you must use it carefully, but for sharp flavors that need their edges rounded, that could be a feature rather than a bug. You could probably lump this and TFA Strawberry Ripe together because I think reason Ripe does that is because it has so much EM in it.
The EM is probably going to end up in most in the list, but the main idea is just listing out concentrates that you use less as a base ingredient and more as a sweetener, ones that usually impart their own unique type of sweetness while imparting a subtle taste.
I think Meringue is a good example because it tastes almost like straight sugar, but I would never say it tastes like straight sweetener. It definitely has it's very own texture, flavor, taste, and changes the overall recipe. And I would have a hardtime basing a recipe mostly around JUST Meringue.
Also Added!
TFA vanilla swirl: inherently sweet vanilla flavor. kinda reminds me of vanilla frosting. diketone free. used to sweeten up recipes w/ a vanilla note.
FLV caramel: no maltol like the fa counterpart. contains diketones. no corn syrup like tfa caramel. idk its caramel. darker tasting than fa caramel
TFA Dulce de Leche: havent used it yet but its a caramel flavor contains diketone
TFA/JF RY4 Double basically ethly maltol and cyclotene ibelieve. no tobacco flavor, i dont even think it has a vanilla note. essentially the same and interchangeable, not my favorite but ppl love it/it's easy to use. probably used in halo's tribeca idk
TFA/JF bav. crm? sweet thick cream flavor. no egg notes contains diketones. ive actually only used DX bavarian cream but these all have the same sickly sweet smell in concentrate form
FA marshmallow: 0.5% range
INW burley:
INW Scamel
INW nutty princes
INW.... fuck forgot the name (the other sweet tobacco one i have)
INW Nugat
FA vienna crm maybe
INW crm brulee?
idk my brain is shit right now ill be back with more fflavors and actual notes one day
if we're doing fruit then i guess
FA strawberry
JF sweet strawberry
FA kiwi better than tfa's kiwi double. if you ever had seduce juice "kiwi" that was tfa's. flavourart's is juicier and less soap like. its a sweet flavor that goes well with strawberry or other even more savory flavors as evidenced by coop34's kiwi cheesecake or kiwi bournom
INW peach is sweet af. prolly contains furfural alcohol or furfuryl. aka part of tfa brown sugar. furfuryl warning?. this shit takes over everything i really dont like it even at 0.2% TFA Juicy Peach or FA Peach seem better to me. They are also sweet moreso than fa white peach wis reminds me more of the skin
TFA juicy peach? its gummi peach rings yo
That's a good list, I'll add them, would I be able to get notes on some?
For bakery flavors TFA Cheesecake with graham is my favorite to add a really nice creamy sweetness. I use it between .5- 2.5% to add sweetness, if I am going for a cheesecake flavor I use 3-6%.
Capella's Graham Cracker is also one of my favorites for desserts, at 1.5- 3% the cinnamon sugar notes are pretty prominent. Used at lower percentages it just adds a sweet bakery note.
FA Forest fruit is also a good one, and one of the main flavors in "Betty" which is a really sweet commercial e-juice. At .25- 1% it adds a sweet berry note with dark berry undertones without overpowering most flavorings.