Food-grade thyme flavor is a food additive that mimics the aroma of natural thyme. It has a mild flavor with a slightly sweet and refreshing, mint-like undertone. It is primarily composed of carefully blended natural and nature-identical flavorings and synthetic flavorings, designed to provide a stable and long-lasting thyme flavor to food products.
Flavor Characteristics: Thyme flavor extract possesses a unique herbal aroma, combining sweetness, spiciness, and a refreshing minty taste. Its main active components typically include thymol and carvacrol, which give it its characteristic flavor and certain antibacterial properties.
Form: Products on the market are usually available in liquid (water-soluble or oil-soluble) and powder forms to suit different production process requirements.
Food Additive Thyme flavor flavour is used in Sausages, baked bread and cookies, instant noodles, beverages, soda, potato chips, pizza toppings, etc
Uses:
Thyme flavor extract has a wide range of applications, particularly in Western cuisine and modern fusion Chinese dishes:
Meat Products: Used as a marinade ingredient when marinating poultry and meat such as chicken, duck, lamb, and beef, helping to remove unwanted odors and enhance the flavor after baking or stewing.
Soups and Sauces: Can be used as a flavoring base for various soups, stews, salad dressings, and barbecue sauces.
Snack Foods: Applied in seasoning powders for potato chips, puffed snacks, etc., providing a unique exotic flavor.
Baked Goods: Can be added to bread, biscuits, and other baked goods to enhance the natural herbal aroma.
Others: Can also be used in canned goods, instant noodle seasoning packets, hot pot bases, etc.
Food Additive Thyme flavor flavour is used in Sausages, baked bread and cookies, instant noodles, beverages, soda, potato chips, pizza toppings, etc
Suggested Usage:
Sausage/Ham/Cooked Bacon: Method of addition: Marinade or mixed into the filling, Recommended dosage: Essential oil 10-30 ppm (0.001-0003%), dissolved with nitrite, added at the end of tumbling, reduces saltiness by 10%;
Soup/Broth Cubes: Method of addition: Emulsion or powder, Recommended dosage: Essential oil 5-15 ppm, added 5 minutes before serving, to avoid loss of top notes due to prolonged boiling;
Baking (Focaccia, Herb Bread): Method of addition: Oil-soluble or pre-mixed with butter, Recommended dosage: Essential oil 2-8 ppm, pre-diluted with olive oil at a ratio of 1:100, brushed onto the surface after the second fermentation;
Beverages (Herbal Lemonade, Functional Soda): Method of addition: Water-soluble flavoring, Recommended dosage: 1-5 ppm, synergistic with 0.2% citric acid, masks phenolic bitterness;
Compound Seasoning Powder (Pizza Topping, Potato Chips): Method of addition: Powder, Recommended dosage: 50-150 ppm, pre-mixed with onion powder and garlic powder at a ratio of 1:10;
Food Additive Thyme flavor flavour is used in Sausages, baked bread and cookies, instant noodles, beverages, soda, potato chips, pizza toppings, etc
