Update
VT - Vape Train Australia
FC - Flavor Concentrates
+ We have a new most transparent company now!! Check it above.
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Update
1DF - One Drop Flavors
SAS - Sasami
More info above.
@Walt_RealFlavors Let me know if you suggest other abbrevation for One Drop Flavors.
Sasami: Some flavors contain Diacetyl, but no info about the amount. No info about AP and A. You can find basic info about ingredients in their flavors here.
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Good source of information about flavor safety (not about DAAP) for those who are interested is here.
Looks like vaporfi did some extensive testing back in 2014. https://www.vaporfi.com/how-it-works/why-e-liquid-rocks.html
I’ve only looked at it briefly but they should really, dumb it down.
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PART II
(i had to split the post due to space limitation).
Less and no transparent companies below. All the info about the most transparent companies is in the main post - see PART I.
MB – Molinberry
They had all the info about DAAP in their flavorings including their lab reports in the past, but they have removed this from their website recently
Quick info about DAAP in their flavorings can be found here
No colorants or preservatives and all flavors are GMO free
Based on the last reports we’ve seen, they were using the industry’s lowest amounts of DAAP in their flavors.
More info on their website.
OSDIY – One Stop Flavors
Flavors were analysed only for D & AP, but not for Acetoin
Their lab test reports are 3 years old.
Note: Shown are only flavors with more than 100 ppm of D/AP.
More info is here.
FR Flavor Revolution
All their flavors are DAAP free
No lab reports and no their own website.
INW - Inawera
Some flavors contain A and some flavors contain AP.
No testing reports provided on their not frequently updated website
No helpful information on their website about ingredients used, coloring, sweeteners, etc.
One of the most popular companies SHOULD BE more transparent and customer friendly!
Note: There might be other flavors that contain A and/or AP. You can find SDS of some most popular flavors here.
AL - AtmosLab
Some of their flavors contain Diacetyl (Custard Premium, Carabela, maybe more)
they don’t provide any DAAP info or lab test reports on their website.
Their eliquids, bases and flavours that do not contain any allergens and are sugar free, GMO free and Nitrosamine-free. Their Tobacco e-liquids are Pesticides free.
They work closely with Toxicology Labs of Medical School in University of Thessaly and Crete and they regularly perform toxicological analysis that go far beyond standard examination (TSNA, PAH, heavy metals, pesticides).
Atmos Lab is the first ecig manufacturer in the world performed Chemical Analysis for Pesticides’ Residue in Eliquids with Tobacco flavours and all their Tobacco Flavoured Eliquids are Pesticides free.
NV - NicVape
They say their e-liquid flavors are D-AP free.
No information about Acetoin in their flavors
Customers have an access to NicTrace™, a lot/batch number tracking system, where they can view view all lab analysis and testing results (CoA) from an independent (third-party) certified laboratory.
More info on their website.
LA – LorAnn (Lauren)
They provide information which flavorings contain nut and dairy allergens
No public reports yet, but they say they are not adding any Diacetyl to their flavors
Several flavors contain oils, which are very bad for vaping.
Several flavors contain artificial colorings, which are best to avoid.
Be sure to check this table (note: it’s not LorAnn’s official and several flavors are missing here).
CdV - Creme de Vape
They have removed all their DAAP reports from their website so these info below may not be true anymore.
They say None of our flavours have tested positive for diacetyl or the similar molecule, Acetyl Propionyl.
Caramel flavor contains Corn Syrup and Chocolate (White) contains Caramelised Sugar.
Note: These are all flavorings where Acetoin was found (all other flavors are completely DAAP free)
More info on their website
DV – Decadent Vapours
They say there is no D and AP in any of their 150+ flavorings
no information about Acetoin in their flavors
More info on their website.
Note: They say they were the first company in the world to test all their flavors for D/AP and display the certificates online (bravo DV; i just wonder why did they removed all those certificates from their website in Aug 2017? Why DV?).
NC - NaturaCig
All their flavors are D-AP free and Ambrox and Paraben free.
They don’t use flavor enchancers and chemical additives.
All their flavors are GMO free.
No lab test results on their website
Their website is here.
The following companies you should avoid if you care about diketones.
They didn’t release any public report about diketones in their flavors, they either refuse giving any info or they say they will provide any MSDS sheets on a flavor if you email them (which is absolutely not enough; somehow i would rather see them publicly commit themselves with those reports, which they want to send me; also MSDS sheets often don’t give any information at all about DAAP levels).
. AM – Amoretti
. BF – Bickford Flavors
. CC – Chef’s Choice
. CCW – CupCake World
. CdD – Club der Dampfen
. CCW – CupCake World
. DEL – Delosi
. DIYFS – DIY Flavor Shack
. FC – Flavor Concentrates
. GF – German Flavors
. HGD – Hangda
. JF – Jungle Flavors
. MF – Medicine Flower (Lotus Flavors)
. M&P – Mom and Pop’s
. NF – Nature’s Flavors
. PUR – Purilum
. SA – Solub Arome
. SAS – Sasami
. VT – Vape Train Australia
. VW - Vape Wild
. VZ – Vaping Zone
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Update
- Purilum (PUR): Lab test reports found; info updated
- Inawera (INW): Lab test reports found; info updated
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Hangsen (HS): Lab test reports found; info updated
- Nicotine River (NR): Newly added
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VaporFi (VF): Newly added
- Real Flavors (RF): levels of DAAP in their flavorings updated
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Flavor Revolution (FR): info updated
- FULL reports info added: for the most transparent companies; extensive information about chemicals used in their flavorings (not just DAAP info); extremely helpful info about possible allergens for many vapers
- The main table updated and the main post split on two parts due to the limitation
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Im super confused after reading this thread. I was expecting answers, not more questions…
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What do you mean Laura5? Primarily it is about how transparent companies are about ingredients in their flavorings to their customers, so vapers can find the information they need, all in one place. It may me useful for:
- those who want to avoid flavors that contain diketones
- those who want to avoid Butyric Acid
- those allergic to some chemicals
- those who want to avoid certain chemicals, sugars, sweeteners, artificial coloring, etc
These vapers can’t find these information sorted in one place; if there is any other or better source, then please let me know.
But it’s not just them. The info here is also useful for basically any vaper, including professionals, who are looking for the information about specific flavors, searching for specific chemicals which they like or hate, or for example finding out what cream is muting their flavor - all those can find these info at one place now, with links provided (i’m not sure if many vapers knew there are full lab reports, just like for TPA in past, available for several other companies now, like Hangsen, INW, RF. I know many experienced vapers were searching those tpa info occasionally in the past).
But you’re right; this thread could be much more useful and interesting for many. Please help me with any advise about how to make this thread less confusing, more informational and overall better. You can also send me a PM. Thx for your reply.
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This is more of a healthy debate thread, took me a while to get through. There is good info here, but the title is misleading, only because there is primarily debating about transparency and other such things. No offense or ill feelings meant to you or anyone
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Thx Laura. 
I agree with the title; it could be more precise about transparency thing. I chose this title to be more visible for those are searching these kind of information (it sounds better than “A study about how transparent vaping companies are?” - who would be opening that, right?). Besides, the inside info is what’s important and that’s exactly about what title says and that’s what vapers are searching. Still, if you have any idea how to make the thread better (or anyone else), then please share it. Let’s make it better and more useful.
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@Mikser Your efforts are very much appreciated. Question: what are the acceptable ppm for home and industrial settings. Is anything with <5000ppm AP “safe” according to our regulators or do they put the limit as <1000. I understand it all depends on what percentage of a flavoring you put in your recipe, I’m wonder where the ceiling should be set if the FDA decides to ban certain flavors. Perhaps they can limit the DAAP ppm in commercial ejuice without banning any specific flavors.
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Has a statement by their flavours
Arôme de qualité alimentaire adapté à la vapote, 0% sucre 0% diacétyl 0% colorant
Food grade flavouring suitable for vaping, 0% sugar, diacetyl, colouring
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Thx @MRA. Sorry for late reply.
It depends who you ask. Pro-diketone group is surely not concerned of any levels, diketone concerned wants to limit the level of diketones and some wants to avoid them completely. Note that there is no scentific research showing that vaping diketones is harmful (it’s just a speculation that they might not be very healthy based on indirect evidences).
Regulators don’t limit the level of diketones (yet); it is purely companies decision to make their flavors without DAAP (i’d say because of commercial reasons, but probably also to avoid any claims later if diketones are proved to be harmful someday). Personally, i am using many flavors with diketones and hardly any of my mixes is DAAP free. Overall i’m much more concerned about oils, sugars, syrups, aspartame, artificial flavoring, GMO in my flavorings.
Imo DAAP levels are just an appropriate excuse to limit vaping. FDA is under huge pressure of mighty pharma and tobacco lobbies; ofc they don’t want you quit smoking and they are so powerful that can dictate the rules (see EU legislation and numerous other countries).
What it can happen is they might try to ban D-AP in flavorings (like UK did, but it is not enforced thankfully) or overall ban of flavored liquids (like they banned flavored cigarettes). If this happens some flavors of some companies will be banned, but not many since most manufacturers are producing flavorings we vape for other uses (food; levels of DAAP are not important there and D-AP is completely safe to ingest; it means vaping D-AP flavorings will still be possible; see MF, NF, FA, LA for example). FDA won’t ban those and we will be able to buy them for our purposes. Third option is they could ban selling / importing e-cigarettes or ban vaping overall (like Thailand), which is unlikely since that would be a totally fascistic regulation.
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Thx @SuperFrog. I intentionally left mentioning Diacetyl-only in the table since the large majority of companies don’t use it at all. For transparency the manufacturer should list at least D+AP levels in their flavorings, so concerned vapers can avoid diketones (AP is very similar to D and many manufacturers use AP a lot).
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You’re right. Here is an example:
FLV Coconut flavor contains 2800 ppm of Acetoin (highest level of all FLV flavorings). So, when you use 1% Coconut in your solo mix (average quantity is up to 1% since FLV Coconut is super concentrated), that means 2800 ppm x 0.01 = 28 ppm (which is 0.0028%) in your liquid.
TPA Coconut Extra is a different animal. TPA testing report says <10% (up to 100,000 ppm) of Acetoin in this flavor. TPA flavors are not concetrated, the average quantity by ELR users is 3.9% and the result is 3,900ppm of Acetoin in your solo mix (139 times more of Acetoin than in our Coconut FLV mix above).
Ofc, in recipes you have to add levels of DAAP of each flavoring to get the approximate level in your mix. Several top rated recipes at ELR contain over 4000ppm of Acetoin for example (that much of Acetoin is uncommon for commercial juices these days).
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Compare: Flavors with the highest levels of D-A-AP
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Was looking for D-A-AP information on VT (Vape Train Australia) and stumbled upon your thread. Good job! Glad to see you pursued this transparency topic and were not dissuaded by the enthusiasts.
For now will be avoiding VT like the plague.
Again, thank you for your hard work.
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Btw, you might want to start a GL (Great Lakes) entry. Be interested in their transparency efforts. They have a Butter flavor that is gaining popularity. They also have R1 and R2 flavors (seemingly equivalent to V1 vs V2),
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A little confused as to why Kais Virgin Vapors is in this thread… Do they now manufacture their own flavors? Afaik theyre an eliquid maker only…?
Btw, good work. Didnt mean to only show up to criticize
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