Hazelnut flavor is a food additive that mimics the rich nutty aroma, creamy texture, and subtle caramel notes of natural roasted hazelnuts. In the food market, with the widespread popularity of plant-based foods and high-end coffee culture, hazelnut flavor has become a “golden partner” for the coffee, chocolate, and baking industries.
Hazelnut flavor belongs to the “roasted-nut-caramel” aroma type, with the core aroma compounds being:
Aldehydes: Benzaldehyde (bitter almond-cherry kernel sweet aroma), hexanal, nonanal (fresh green aroma);
Ketones: 2-nonanone (warm roasted aroma), methylcyclopentenolone (MCP, 6000-10000 ppm, significantly enhances caramel and nutty depth);
Furans: Furfural, 5-methylfurfural, acetylfuran, providing caramel-coffee-bread aroma, a key indicator of roasted hazelnuts;
Pyrazines: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (popcorn aroma, roasted hazelnut skin aroma);
Lactones and Esters: δ-decalactone, ethyl acetate, adding a creamy roundness.
Food Hazelnut Flavour is used in Cakes, cookies, bread, candies, jelly, ice cream, yogurt, milk foam, coffee, milk tea, milkshake, solid drinks, salad dressing, e-cigarette oil, fishing bait, etc
Main Uses:
Baking: Hazelnut cakes, cookies, macarons, pastries, bread fillings, compensating for the high cost and baking losses of natural hazelnut paste.
Confectionery/Chocolate: Hazelnut praline fillings, Nutella-flavored coatings, toffees, caramels, synergistic with cocoa aroma.
Cold Drinks/Dairy Products: Hazelnut ice cream, yogurt, milk foam, lattes, masking off-flavors of plant proteins and enhancing nutty milk aroma.
Beverages: Hazelnut lattes, hazelnut milk tea, protein shakes, powdered beverages, 0.1% is sufficient to provide a “hazelnut milk” flavor.
Seasonings and Snacks: Hazelnut salad dressing, energy bars, cereals, surface coating for nut bars.
Industrial and Daily Chemicals: E-cigarette liquid, perfumes, pet food, fish bait, etc.
Food Hazelnut Flavour is used in Cakes, cookies, bread, candies, jelly, ice cream, yogurt, milk foam, coffee, milk tea, milkshake, solid drinks, salad dressing, e-cigarette oil, fishing bait, etc
Suggested Usage:
Beverages, cold drinks, jellies: 0.05%–0.15%
Candies, chocolate coatings: 0.2%–0.5%
Baked goods, biscuits, cakes: 0.2%–0.5%; surface spraying can increase to 0.5%
Jams, dairy products: 0.1%–0.3%
Powdered solid beverages/instant drinks: 0.1%–0.5%
High-temperature baking (>180℃) or extrusion puffing: Use heat-resistant type, 0.2%–0.5%
Daily chemicals, e-cigarette liquids: 0.05%–0.3%
Food Hazelnut Flavour is used in Cakes, cookies, bread, candies, jelly, ice cream, yogurt, milk foam, coffee, milk tea, milkshake, solid drinks, salad dressing, e-cigarette oil, fishing bait, etc
