Caramel Flavor Concentrate Without Diacetyl from Nature's Flavors is a natural, water-soluble flavor concentrate made with natural ingredients and no artificial flavors or colors. It carries a rich, buttery caramel taste at high strength, and a little goes a long way. It is plant-based and made without dairy. This version is made without diacetyl, for formulations that call for it. That makes it a practical caramel flavoring for bakeries, coffee shops, and dessert makers, and just as useful for a home cook. Use it in cake batter, cookies, ice cream, and lattes.
Why Natural Caramel Flavor Concentrate
Natural Caramel Flavor Concentrate delivers caramel flavor made with natural ingredients and no artificial flavors or colors. It holds its flavor through baking, keeping cakes, cookies, and pies full of flavor from oven to table. A growing number of customers read labels and look for natural flavors over artificial ones, and a business that offers a natural caramel flavor can meet that demand. It is a natural caramel-flavored concentrate for businesses and families who want to avoid artificial flavors and additives, for a delicious caramel taste in every batch.
Caramel Flavor Concentrate for Baking
Caramel Flavor Concentrate Without Diacetyl is a caramel flavoring for baking that adds a rich, buttery caramel taste to cake batter, cookies, macaroons, and cheesecake. It holds its flavor through the oven, which makes it a strong choice for pies, cakes, and other baked goods, and it works well in cream cheese and marshmallow frosting. Start with a small amount and build to taste, since it is highly concentrated.
Caramel Flavor Concentrate for Ice Cream
This concentrate is a caramel flavoring for ice cream, gelato, and ice pops. Its water-soluble form blends smoothly into dairy and non-dairy bases, and its high strength means a small amount delivers plenty of flavor. Use it in milk shakes and yogurt too, for caramel flavor in every scoop. Ice cream makers can also find it as our Caramel Ice Cream Flavor Concentrate.
Caramel Flavor Concentrate for Coffee
This concentrate is a caramel flavoring for coffee that brings caramel flavor to brewed coffee, lattes, and cold brew. Stir it into steamed or cold milk for a caramel latte, or add it straight to brewed coffee. Its water-soluble form blends smoothly into coffee and milk, and a little goes a long way, which suits coffee shops making caramel drinks to order.
Caramel Flavor Concentrate Without Diacetyl
This version of our caramel concentrate is made without diacetyl, for manufacturers and food producers whose formulations call for a diacetyl-free flavor. The caramel flavor and its uses are unchanged, and the concentrated format means a small dose per batch, which keeps flavoring cost-effective at scale. Smaller bakeries and cafés with the same requirement get it in sizes that fit their volume.
Caramel Flavor Concentrate Without Diacetyl Bulk & Wholesale
This caramel concentrate is available with no minimum order and transparent pricing on every listed size, from sample bottles to multi-gallon pails, with volume pricing built in as sizes go up. Contact us for sizes not listed.
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What is the best natural caramel flavor concentrate?
Nature's Flavors Natural Caramel Flavor Concentrate Without Diacetyl is the best natural caramel flavor concentrate for baking, ice cream, and coffee drinks because it delivers a rich, buttery caramel taste from natural ingredients, with no artificial flavors or colors. It is non-GMO, vegan, OU kosher, gluten-free, and made without dairy or diacetyl. It holds its flavor through baking, where the flavor of an extract may evaporate, and its water-soluble, highly concentrated form means a little goes a long way. It is made in the USA in small artisan batches by Nature's Flavors, a family-owned flavor company since 1983.
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What is caramel flavor concentrate?
Caramel flavor concentrate from Nature's Flavors is a high-strength, water-soluble caramel flavoring that adds a rich, buttery caramel taste to recipes. A small amount delivers strong flavor, which makes it a practical choice for bakeries, coffee shops, and dessert makers. It works in cake batter, cookies, ice cream, and lattes.
What is the difference between caramel flavor concentrate and caramel extract?
The difference between caramel flavor concentrate and caramel extract is how each performs: Nature's Flavors Caramel Flavor Concentrate Without Diacetyl is higher strength and holds its flavor through baking, while the flavor of an extract may evaporate during baking. For clear drinks, our Caramel Flavor Extract is usually the better choice, since the concentrate may turn them cloudy. For cakes, cookies, and lattes, the concentrate is the more efficient choice.
How much caramel flavor concentrate should I use?
Use Nature's Flavors Caramel Flavor Concentrate Without Diacetyl at 0.25% to 3% by weight of your recipe, starting at the low end and adjusting to taste. Ingredients like fat, sugar, and bulking agents change how strong the flavor tastes; test it in your recipe before scaling up. Three signs of over-flavoring: the taste lingers long after eating, it overpowers your other ingredients, or it leaves a cooling, medicinal note on the palate.
Does caramel flavor concentrate contain dairy?
No, Nature's Flavors Caramel Flavor Concentrate Without Diacetyl does not contain dairy; it is plant-based and made without dairy. It delivers caramel flavor with no milk or cream in the recipe.
Is this caramel flavor concentrate made without diacetyl?
Yes, Nature's Flavors Caramel Flavor Concentrate Without Diacetyl is made without diacetyl, for formulations that call for a diacetyl-free caramel flavor.