Food-grade Cheddar Cheese flavor is a food additive that mimics the unique flavor of classic English Cheddar cheese. It is designed to provide a rich, full-bodied, and slightly salty cheese flavor, especially suitable for products where using natural Cheddar cheese is difficult.
Flavor Characteristics: The core characteristics of Cheddar cheese flavor are its rich milky aroma, full-bodied cheese taste, and moderate saltiness. Depending on the product formulation, it can simulate the flavor of Cheddar cheese at different stages of maturity, from mild to sharp, with a strong flavor profile.
Aroma Profile: Recreates the unique complex aroma of Cheddar cheese, characterized by “fermented milk aroma + nutty-meaty aroma + slight sour and salty notes.” It has a strong initial aroma and a long-lasting aftertaste, which can mask the off-flavor of plant proteins and enhance the authentic “cheese” sensation.
Main Ingredients: Diacetyl, acetoin, 3-methylbutanal, 3-octenone, short-chain fatty acids, natural enzyme-modified cheese concentrate (EMC). Some models contain milk fat and milk protein, and can be labeled as “natural flavor.”
Food Additive Cheddar Cheese Flavour is used in Potato chips, popcorn, salad dressing, instant noodle seasoning packets, biscuits, bread, pizza, yogurt, cake, cheese sauce, candies and chocolates, ice cream, etc
Uses:
Cheddar cheese flavor is widely used, especially in savory snack foods and condiments:
Snack Foods: Widely used in seasonings or flavor bases for potato chips, popcorn, puffed snacks, nuts, etc., it is the core flavor of classic “cheese-flavored” snacks.
Condiments: Used in the production of cheese sauces, salad dressings, dips, soup bases, compound seasonings, and instant noodle seasoning packets.
Baked Goods: Can be used in savory biscuits, bread, pizza, and other products to enhance the cheese flavor.
Others: Can also be used in some dairy products (such as flavored yogurt).
Food Additive Cheddar Cheese Flavour is used in Potato chips, popcorn, salad dressing, instant noodle seasoning packets, biscuits, bread, pizza, yogurt, cake, cheese sauce, candies and chocolates, ice cream, etc
Dosage:
Baking (bread, cakes, cookies): Recommended form: powder/oil-soluble, recommended dosage range: 0.1-0.5%, pre-mix with flour or butter, approximately 8% loss at 180°C;
Puffed food (potato chips, popcorn, puffed snacks): Recommended form: external powder coating, recommended dosage range: 0.8-1.2%, coat with powder while hot after spraying with oil, powder adhesion rate 8-10%;
Solid beverages (cheese foam powder, 3-in-1): Recommended form: powder, recommended dosage range: 0.2-0.5%, pre-mix with sugar at a ratio of 1:10, dissolves instantly in cold water;
Candy (hard candy, soft candy, chocolate): Recommended form: water and oil soluble, recommended dosage range: 1-2‰, add during sugar boiling at 105-110°C, minimal loss;
Dairy products (yogurt, ice cream, cheese foam): Recommended form: emulsified/powder, recommended dosage range: 0.08-0.18%, add at the end of the aging process, avoid prolonged sterilization at 85°C;
Frozen/prepared foods (pizza, baked rice, dumpling dipping sauce): Recommended form: powder, recommended dosage range: 0.06-0.24%, add during the seasoning stage before shaping, stable aroma retention at -18°C freezing temperature;
Food Additive Cheddar Cheese Flavour is used in Potato chips, popcorn, salad dressing, instant noodle seasoning packets, biscuits, bread, pizza, yogurt, cake, cheese sauce, candies and chocolates, ice cream, etc
