Pear flavor amount

Quick question for you all.

Been doing some more reading, apparently pear is a good flavor to add ‘juicyness’. Would it even be needed if I am making a Strawberry Ice cream?

I will be using ripe Strawberry and another Strawberry along with vanilla bean ice-cream, and maybe a cream (milky).

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You could probably skip pear for a dessert mix, but you could add TPA dragonfruit for the strawberries to pop and for smoothness low % like 1%

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Noted. What does the Dragon fruit do to the flavor to bump it up…more of a curiosity thing.

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TPA dragonfruit helps make strawberries “pop “. And can also aid in smoothing out fruit mixes. I just made a mix, a simple strawberry and cream and used it at 2% Off the shake I can actually taste the dragonfruit, I usually don’t use it above 1-1.50%

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Thanks for that

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It contains Triethyl citrate which is an ester of citric acid so it does make somethings pop but it is also an emulsifier so be careful when using it especially if you want to keep the flavors separate

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Thanks, I couldn’t think of that word.

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Who’d of thought a hobby would have so much science.:smile:

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While on the topic of triethyl citrate, here is a list of TPA flavors that contain it,

(sorry the links don’t work but had to screenshot list to upload)

Edit: link to TPA spec sheets and components list

https://shop.perfumersapprentice.com/specsheetlist.aspx

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Good to know. Just used Dragon fruit and the Dulce.

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if you want “juicyness” then you need INW cactus, its incredibly strong so you only need 2 drops per 30ml. and its a really interesting flavor if you bump it up

although i heard it may have been reformulated?
i still have the 10ml i bought like 5 years ago

other things that can work is lemon and even cucumber

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I did just but some cactus, so I’m looking forward to trying. May have to try some Cucumber later as well. Thanks.

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