Do you know what food flavorings are used for in drinks and foods?? Understand a little more about them and what their main benefits are!
When we buy a product, we can check on the packaging label whether that food or drink contains food flavorings.. In most cases we see the phrase “grape flavor”, “strawberry flavor”, “caramel flavor”, etc, and this does not mean that the food or drink we are eating is actually made from grapes, strawberry or caramel, but rather that it has the aroma of these fruits in its composition.
First of all, food flavorings are captured by smell. The smell already reveals the flavor of the food or drink, like in cookies, cakes, yogurts, chocolates, soup, cafés, etc. To intensify the original flavor in these industrialized products, Industries tend to use a reasonable amount of food flavorings in their composition, which is not bad for health, as many people claim. Understand!
Natural aromas: Natural aromas are obtained from animal and vegetable raw materials with the natural odor or after a fermentation treatment, cooking, roasting, etc. Once extracted, these aromas can be used in essential oils., balms and also as isolated natural flavorings, providing more flavor to food and drinks without causing harm to people's health.
Synthetic flavors: Synthetic aromas are obtained with a chemical solution that makes them as identical as possible to natural or artificial aromas.. In the case of artificial flavor, a mixture of chemical compounds is made by synthesis that are not found in animals or plants.
Other substances: Some substances are also used to extract aromas, such as beeswax., lactose, glucose, alcohol, etc. We can also find flavorings in preservatives, acidulantes, antiespumantes, antioxidants, etc. All of these additives and many others can produce aroma.
Security: Even if they are synthetic and artificial, we can say that all flavors are safe if they are formulated with substances approved by international bodies such as JECFA or the additives expert committee of the World Health Organization, where they assess whether the aroma is toxic and study the correct dosage to be used in foods and drinks without causing harmful effects on people's health.
Dosage: Flavors are added in small quantities, just to further intensify the “natural” flavor in foods and drinks. Although, It is extremely important that industries study each of these aroma compositions and check the degree of purity of these substances.
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