Cardamom food flavoring is a food additive that mimics the unique aroma of natural cardamom (primarily green cardamom, the seeds of a ginger family plant native to India). Cardamom is one of the world’s most expensive and popular spices, and its flavoring is designed to provide its complex, warm, slightly spicy, and refreshing lemongrass-like flavor.
Flavor Characteristics: Cardamom flavoring has a very unique and complex aroma. The core characteristics are a warm, woody scent, a camphor-like freshness, citrus (lemon) notes, and a mild spiciness and sweetness. It imparts an exotic flavor to food (Middle Eastern, Indian, and Nordic cuisines), providing a refreshing yet non-irritating taste.
Aroma Profile: Sweet and spicy, with a camphor and eucalyptol-like coolness in the top notes, followed by soft woody and floral-spicy undertones; overall warm and non-irritating.
Key Ingredients: Eucalyptol, terpinyl acetate, α-terpineol, camphor, limonene, etc.; commercially available forms are mostly steam-distilled cardamom oil (yield 3.5–8%), and can also be formulated into water-soluble/oil-soluble/powdered flavorings.
Properties: Colorless to light yellow liquid, or spray-dried powder; stable at high temperatures up to 180°C, and stable at pH 3–8.
Food Additive Cardamom Flavour is used in Bread, cookies, when, filling, coffee, milk tea, chocolate, juice, fruit wine, ice cream, pudding, candy, chewing gum, sausages and ham, energy drinks, fruit tea, etc
Uses:
Cardamom flavoring has a wide range of applications, spanning desserts, baked goods, and meat products:
Baked Goods: Widely used in Nordic-style sweet breads, cookies, cakes (such as cardamom rolls), and fillings.
Beverages: Used in flavoring coffee, tea beverages (such as Indian Masala Chai), hot chocolate, fruit juices, and special alcoholic beverages (such as liqueurs).
Meat Products and Seasonings: In Middle Eastern and Indian cuisine, cardamom is often used to marinate meats (stews, curries), so the flavoring can be used in industrialized meat processing, compound seasoning packets, and curry sauces.
Desserts and Confectionery: Can be used in the production of ice cream, puddings, candies, chewing gum, etc.
Food Additive Cardamom Flavour is used in Bread, cookies, when, filling, coffee, milk tea, chocolate, juice, fruit wine, ice cream, pudding, candy, chewing gum, sausages and ham, energy drinks, fruit tea, etc
Dosage:
Meat Products (Sausages, Ham, Meatballs): Recommended form: Oil-soluble/powder, Recommended dosage range: 0.05-0.5%, Add during tumbling or at the end of mixing the meat mixture, to remove off-flavors and enhance aroma;
Seasonings (Curry Powder, Thirteen Spice Powder, Sprinkling Seasonings): Recommended form: Powder, Recommended dosage range: 0.1-0.6%, Premix with salt, sugar, and chili powder at a 1:10 ratio to ensure even distribution;
Beverages (Milk Tea, Fruit Tea, Functional Drinks): Recommended form: Aqueous solution, Recommended dosage range: 0.03-0.1%, Add after sterilization to minimize volatilization;
Baked Goods (Bread, Cakes, Biscuits): Recommended form: Oil-soluble/powder, Recommended dosage range: 0.1-0.3%, Premix with butter or flour, approximately 8% loss at 180℃;
Confectionery (Hard Candy, Soft Candy, Chocolate): Recommended form: Water and oil soluble, Recommended dosage range: 0.5-1.5‰, Add during sugar boiling at 105-110℃ for minimal loss;
Extruded Snacks (External Coating): Recommended form: Powder, Recommended dosage range: 0.5-1.0%, Coat with powder while hot after oil spraying, resulting in an 8-10% powder adhesion rate.
Food Additive Cardamom Flavour is used in Bread, cookies, when, filling, coffee, milk tea, chocolate, juice, fruit wine, ice cream, pudding, candy, chewing gum, sausages and ham, energy drinks, fruit tea, etc
