I am recreating JUUL mint; not having much luck. I found the flavor aromatics composition breakdown of the juice (removed, see edit). I wrote this list out for your convenience.
(Removed see edit)
I stared the ingredients I don't know how to replicate. Is it possible to find other flavor profiles using the chromatography on safety data sheets from vendors? I can do regression to find perfect proportions in this case. Otherwise I think that getting some sort of wintermint, peppermint, benzyl alcohol, and hydroxyacetone would do the trick?
How can I recreate the rest of the profile? (please don't tell me I'm over thinking this; I don't want to half-ass it and more importantly I'm having fun <3)
Edit: I removed the information regarding the recipe by recommendation of another user. It could potentially (though I dont know if what I'm doing is marketable in this way) be used argue again necessary regulatory and safety procedures.
Meanwhile on /r/baking: "Hello, can someone help me make Twinkies?"
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I thought at one point someone confirmed that JUUL used TFA? Maybe I'm making that up, but if that's the case, look up the component list and maybe that will give you an idea of what flavor is used. There is also the Saftey List on the sidebar that should help ya out.
Looking over what you broke down, the ones that stick out to me are Menthol (menthol), 4-Terpineol (peppermint) and Eucalyptol (Vick's Vapor Rub). Should be a decent starting point.
There's no way they use TFA. I've tried a bunch of their flavors and I am very sensitive to them in a negative way. I could see koolada, but otherwise it makes very little sense to me.
Awesome, thank you! Idk, I see it mainly as spearmint rather than peppermint the trials I've run with peppermint back this up (maybe in very small proportions.
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Any idea about the fruity stuff?
I really don’t understand why anyone would prefer to vape Juul liquid, when basically 1000s of recipes are at your disposal on ATF/ELR. It just doesn’t make sense to me, but then again, I know that taste is subjective.
Something like Triacetin could just be an ingredient like TFA Smooth, or it could be part of a flavor, like with TFA Whipped Cream
Did you try the INW Natural Mint?
Why not just buy a bunch of mint flavors and some menthol, and experiment with them. I'm sure you'll come up with a recipe that tastes better to you than Juul Mint pretty quickly.
Nope, that's what I did. Doesn't work
Well, no one here is going to encourage you to procure or experiment with some of the the chemicals in the DDIY recipe you posted above.
For example--from pubchem:
Benzyl Alcohol is a colorless liquid with a sharp burning taste and slight odor. It is used as a local anesthetic and to reduce pain associated with Lidocaine injection. Also, it is used in the manufacture of other benzyl compounds, as a pharmaceutical aid, and in perfumery and flavoring. Benzyl Alcohol is an aromatic alcohol used in a wide variety of cosmetic formulations as a fragrance component, preservative, solvent, and viscosity-decreasing agent. Benzyl Alcohol is metabolized to Benzoic Acid, which reacts with glycine and excreted as hippuric acid in the human body. Acceptable daily intakes were established by the World Health Organization at 5 mg/kg for Benzyl Alcohol. No adverse effects of benzyl alcohol have been seen in chronic exposure animal studies using rats and mice. Effects of Benzyl Alcohol in chronic exposure animal studies are limited to reduced feed intake and reduced growth. Some differences have been noted in one reproductive toxicity study using mice, but these were limited to lower maternal body weights and decreased mean litter weights. Another study also noted that fetal weight was decreased compared to controls, but a third study showed no differences between control and benzyl alcohol-treated groups. Benzyl Alcohol has been associated with an increased number of resorptions and malformations in hamsters, but there have been no reproductive or developmental toxicity findings in studies using mice and rats. Genotoxicity tests for benzyl alcohol are mostly negative, but there were some assays that were positive. Carcinogenicity studies, however, were negative. Clinical data indicates that benzyl alcohol can produce nonimmunologic contact urticaria and nonimmunologic immediate contact reactions, characterized by the appearance of wheals, erythema, and pruritis. 5% benzyl alcohol can elicit a reaction. Benzyl Alcohol is not a sensitizer at 10%. Benzyl Alcohol could be used safely at concentrations up to 5%, but that manufacturers should consider the nonimmunologic phenomena when using benzyl alcohol in cosmetic formulations designed for infants and children. Additionally, Benzyl Alcohol is considered safe up to 10% for use in hair dyes. The limited body exposure, the duration of use, and the frequency of use are considered in concluding that the nonimmunologic reactions would not be a concern. Because of the wide variety of product types in which benzyl alcohol may be used, it is likely that inhalation may be a route of exposure. The available safety tests are not considered sufficient to support the safety of benzyl alcohol in formulations where inhalation is a route of exposure. Inhalation toxicity data are needed to complete the safety assessment of benzyl alcohol where inhalation can occur. (PMID: 11766131).