Hawthorn flavor is a food additive that mimics the unique flavor of natural hawthorn fruit. In the food market, hawthorn flavor, with its classic “sweet and sour, thirst-quenching, and appetite-stimulating” characteristics, is widely used in highly popular snack foods and specialty beverages.
Hawthorn flavor is a fruity edible flavor with a primary aroma profile of “sour-sweet-green,” and its core aroma components include:
Sour aroma: Propionic acid, 2-methylbutyric acid, 3-hexenoic acid, providing the unique “fruit acid” sensation of hawthorn;
Fruity sweetness and floral aroma: Ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, rose alcohol, linalool, providing a mild sweetness and floral undertones;
Green and astringent notes: Leaf alcohol, linalool oxide, simulating the “green-astringent” texture of hawthorn peel and fruit fibers;
Aftertaste: Small amounts of lactones and maltol, adding a lingering sweetness reminiscent of dried fruit.
Food Hawthorn Flavour is used in Juice, fruit tea, carbonated drinks, hawthorn peel, fruit candy skin, soft candy, jam, cake, biscuit, yogurt, ice cream, smoothie, potato chips, toothpaste, mouthwash, vitamin tablets, solid drinks, jelly, etc
Main Uses:
Beverages: Hawthorn juice, fruit tea, carbonated drinks, sports drinks, can adjust the sweet-sour ratio and mask off-flavors of vitamins.
Confectionery and Baking: Hawthorn slices, fruit leather, soft candies, candied hawthorn; mooncake hawthorn filling, jam, cakes, cookies, providing a balanced “fruit acid-sweet” sensation.
Dairy Products: Hawthorn yogurt, ice cream, milkshakes, requires co-use with stabilizers to prevent acid-induced protein precipitation.
Convenience and Puffed Foods: Instant noodle vinegar seasoning packets, potato chips, corn puffs (surface coating), enhancing the “sour aroma” memory point.
Health Products: Digestive tablets, vitamin chewable tablets, utilizing the traditional perception of hawthorn’s “digestive aid” properties to improve palatability.
Household and Industrial Products: Toothpaste, mouthwash, scented candles, pet dry food, usage rate 0.05%–0.3%.
Food Hawthorn Flavour is used in Juice, fruit tea, carbonated drinks, hawthorn peel, fruit candy skin, soft candy, jam, cake, biscuit, yogurt, ice cream, smoothie, potato chips, toothpaste, mouthwash, vitamin tablets, solid drinks, jelly, etc
Suggested Usage:
Beverages, jellies, and cold drinks: Recommended dosage range: 0.05%–0.15%;
Candies and gummies: Recommended dosage range: 0.2%–0.5%;
Baked goods, biscuits, and cakes: Recommended dosage range: 0.2%–0.5%;
Jams and dairy products: Recommended dosage range: 0.1%–0.3%;
Powdered beverages/instant drinks: Recommended dosage range: 0.1%–0.5%;
Instant noodle vinegar seasoning packets: Recommended dosage range: 0.3%–0.8%;
Health supplement tablets: Recommended dosage range: 0.5%–1%;
Daily chemicals and pet food: Recommended dosage range: 0.05%–0.3%;
Food Hawthorn Flavour is used in Juice, fruit tea, carbonated drinks, hawthorn peel, fruit candy skin, soft candy, jam, cake, biscuit, yogurt, ice cream, smoothie, potato chips, toothpaste, mouthwash, vitamin tablets, solid drinks, jelly, etc
