Secrets Inside A Nutrient Label For Beverages Flavored Water And Why They Are Both Your Friend And Foe

We look at nutrient labels for different reasons. But, whatever our reasons, everyone needs to know how to use this information more effectively and wisely. When it comes to beverage labels, in general, we’re drinking more calories than ever, so it’s even more important to understand not only the familiar components: calories, carbs and fats, but also deciphering the flavor descriptors for the beverage of choice. When it comes to flavored water, it's just as important.

A beverages flavor descriptor for flavored water and other beverages is a signal to what’s in the drink. Not all descriptions are approved by the FDA, so now you have to deal with fantasy descriptions such as “pure flavoring” and “all natural flavors” along with descriptions that are on point but still just as confusing: “natural”, “artificial”, “natural and artificial”…phew! More on flavoring descriptions later.

The Nutrition Facts Label - An Overview: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require food and beverage companies like bottled flavor waters to list nutritional information about their products.

"Nutrition facts" labels help consumers make healthful choices about the foods, flavored waters and other beverages they both eat and drink. Here’s how the FDA explains how to understand what’s important and a few of the most common components:

1. The Nutritional Facts Panel- Here are the nutrients you want to drink or eat less of (saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium and sugar) as well as those you want to get enough of (vitamins, minerals and fiber). A flavored bottled water, beverage or food that provides 5 percent or less of daily value is considered to be low in that nutrient, while a food is considered a good source of a nutrient if one serving provides 20 percent DV.

2. The Serving Size: This is the first nutrient line on the label and the basis for all the numbers and percentages that follow. If you don't check serving size, you could be drinking more calories than you realize, even in something as simple as flavored water. For example, a single serving of your favorite fruit juice is typically one cup, not two, so you’re normal drinking glass could be doubling your actual calorie intake, doubling the calories, fat, carbohydrates, etc. without you even realizing it.

3. Calories: This tells you the number of calories in a serving. Also listed are the calories from fat and sodium. For example, a one-cup serving of typical juice or flavored water has 120 calories per cup and there are 2 servings per bottle, of which 60 or about 50 percent are from carbs. If you're looking to limit carbs, you might choose products with 40 percent or less carbs.

4. The Nutrients: This box lists what's in the beverage, including any added nutrients, fats or sugars. Ingredients are listed in order by weight, from the largest to the smallest. So if you want to cut back on sodium or sugar, don't choose a beverage, flavored water or food product with sugar as the first ingredient. And don't be tricked by different forms of fat and sugar listed with unfamiliar names. If you want to know how much sugar is really in a product, look for what we call the “osis” words that end in "ose" -sucrose, dextrose, fructose - as well as more common synonyms: corn syrup, molasses and honey.

5. Descriptors: What does “pure flavoring” or “all natural” really mean? What does "light", "fat-free" and "low-sodium" really mean? Here's how the FDA defines these words: low-saturated fat (one gram or less per serving); low-sodium (140 milligrams or less); low-cholesterol (20 milligrams or less and 2 grams or less of saturated fat); low-calorie (40 calories or less). Light beverages and foods have two-thirds the calories of the regular variety. Note: It’s important to understand that just because a product is low-fat or low-sugar that does not necessarily me low calories. Here' an example of our flavor concentrate nutrient label.

6. According to the FDA, there are really only three approved flavor descriptors, well 4 if you include spices. Here’s a brief summary and some of the more common language used:

A. Natural- oil, essence or extractive, distillate, or any product which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit, or fruit juice whose significant function is flavoring rather than nutritional.

B. Artificial- any additive used to impart flavor not derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice.

C. Natural & Artificial- A combination of natural and artificial flavorings.

So, when it comes to flavoring descriptors for the flavored water or beverage you drink, you need to look further when a beverage touts, “pure flavoring”. Look deeper at fruit juices, they taste great but are loaded with high fructose corn syrups, even though they are natural flavorings. Look for alternative beverages that allow you to get all the flavoring with none of the calories, carbs and fats.

Our recommendation is to search and drink more flavored water. There is a wide selection of products to choose from. Be careful and pick the ones with 0 calories, 0 Carbs, 0 Fats. You can also make your own flavored water by cutting up slices of fruit. Search for natural flavoring additives and concentrates with 0 calories, 0 carbs, 0 fats is another low cost alternative to high caloric beverages. These unique flavoring drops are new to the market and let you enhance the flavor of water, teas, coffees, even vodkas with 0 calories. Check out a nutrient label that is right on point for flavoring concentrates.

When it comes to your weight and good health, searching for low cost alternatives to beverages makes good sense. Flavored water with natural flavoring concentrates could be end up becoming your “perfect diet drink”!

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Sources: FDA/Govt. food, fourelders.org/tips
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The Peach Fruit And Peach Flavoring Highlighted

"You're such a peach!"

Is one of our most popular cliches when it comes to peaches. The meaning could be anything from your sweet and juicy to your a real find.


"Peach Image" Peaches and peach flavoring is one of summer times great fruits and flavoring experiences. From peach melba to peach salsa the cullinary world uses the peach as a favorite flavoring. But, besides tasting great, the cliche' "you're such a peach" comes with some real nutrient value to you..

Peaches don't have seeds, but they do have the largest stone in the fruit category and that's all good. Fruits with a stone have tremendous nutritional value to it. Peaches like their fruit cousin oranges are loaded with vitamin C, well known for being one of the best vitamnins for your immune system. Also, in the wellness arenas it's also good for your skin, vision and digestive system. Peaches also have a strong bond to their fruit cousin the apple when it comes to dietary fiber,

There are as many varieties of peaches available. Typically, we buy peaches between in the Summer starting in May through October. This is when the fruit is in season, fresh and available.
Here's just a couple from a very long list:
Elberta-- Large, yellow with red cheek juicy and of high quality
Chair's Choice- A late yellow-fleshed variety; very beautiful and desirable
Stump the World- Very large, skin white, with bright red cheek, flesh white, juicy

Yum Drops peach flavoring concentrates and peach flavoring additives are leading the flavoring revolution in general and in flavored water in particular. Our peach flavoring concentrates and additives has a great fresh fruit taste to it, with a slight earthy tone to it. Try it in flavored water and flavored teas, or enhance the flavoring of your favorite dessert or dairy products like yogurts.

Next time says: "did you ever neck with a nectarine" or "your such a peach", you just maybe "the apple for their eye"!

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If You Have Basic Flavoring,You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!!!

Combining Yum Drops Flavorings

The flavor industry calls basic flavorings anchors. An anchor is meant to describe a flavor consumers are familiar with. We know what strawberry is, but what's a pomegranate or acai flavoring anyway?

Raspberry Flavoring Image

When is comes to flavorings in general people have always loves the familiar tastes and smells of orange, lemon and lime flavorings. They love them becasue their expereinces with these flavoring tastes have years of expereince in food and beverages, even flavored waters.

But, not when it comes to acai. In fact, as often as I hear it mentioned, it never is said the same way. So, why even try it when I have the ol' anschors to fall back on when blending flavored waters anyway?

Thank you. You just hit the nail on the head. When it comes to Yum Drops Flavoring concentrates, we have the anchors your looking for, but we also provide you the novu flavoring trends experts see coming. But the thank you is for using the keyword blending. Blending is combining one or more flavors to flavored waters and teas, even flavored coffees, dairy and dessert products.

With our flavor drops we give you the ability to take three flavor anchors and blend them together for your own unique tastes. You can blend two anchors or more or even try to combine some of these not so familiar new ones.

Combining anchor flavors together opens a new world of new flavors to you. Best of all, the flavorings that you know and like already, so no suprises. Everyone knows strawberry and chochoate, chocholate and rasberry. Tries these combinations in milk and watch the kids say ummmm...Yum Drops!!! They are really great in coffees too. When you have a sugar fix, try these flavoring concentrates. They really curb the need for sweets and they are 0 calries, that can't be bad for you.

So, next time you think you want something to top off that fresh brew combine 4 drops of raspberry, 2 drops of vanilla and 1 drop of mint flavoring concentrate. We call that the evening splash. See how good it tastes and watch it curb that sweet tooth at the same time.

When it comes to mint flavoring, you can use it alone or with many different flavorings. Just use your imagination. Best yet, use mint flavoring all by itself. It's great tasting, refreshing, cool and even has a therapeutic aroma to it. Use it flavored water, flavored teas, desserts and yogurts. Flavored teas and mint flavoring are very cooool tasting!

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Conclusion to Blending Favors for Flavored Water,

This is the conclusion to the 3 part story on blending flavorings. By now you've come to understand that blending flavors adds a new dimension in flavored water. We call that new dimension your signature blend. Signature because no one else knows what it is or what the exact blend is. It could be 4 parts of lemon and 1 part lime. Or it could be 2:2 , equal amounts of lemon flavoring and lime flavoring. If you like lemon and lime flavoring, mixing the two gives you a very familiar taste to your flavored water experience. Tastes almost like fresca. In our case, we already have the two blended in our signature blend. Give it a try.


3 Benefits of Blends and Blending Flavor Concentrates


1-Blending flavors attracts consumers with a sense of adventure


And satisfies that urge to do something different. People are always look for fresh new tastes. Especially the clean taste a citrus blend adds to flavored waters or other dairy, dessert, food applications. When these customers open their pantry or refrigerator door, they want to reach inside for something new, something different, a way to make a bold statement about enhancing a simple product like flavored water. They are looking beyond the flavors of orange or raspberry. Flavor blends allow you to be creative, think out of the box and blend new flavor combinations, while still staying connected to the main stream flavors familiar to both flavored water and other food applications.

2-Blending flavors opens new markets


Blending flavors for flavored waters and other applications helps you connect with new customers and market segments. And, that's critical to the flavored water market. For example, kids choose fruit punches, peanut butter, cotton candy and bubble gum among their top flavor blends. Not all of these apply to flavored waters, but some do very well and those that don't fit in the dairy and dessert applications nicely. Our bubble gum makes a great tasting water actually and kids really like it.

3- Lets you develop and create a signature taste
Available just for you, for your perfect flavored water or dessert application. Letting you combine your own flavoring concentrates makes us unique and the exciting flavor blends they create for our customers sets us apart from our competitors, while peaking consumer interests. and curiosity. You can even come up with a signature name and make it more exciting. Think cold and bold for our lemon-lime flavor blends and call it Artic Rush.

In conclusion, this is the next step for consumer and our company alike. Blending flavors from natural flavor concentrates for flavored waters, desserts, coffees and dairy products. Combining anchor flavor concentrates with trendy flavorings and calling them your, our Signature series of blended flavored waters. Creative names will hopefully catch a child's eye or moms, and help them to get their kids to drink more water or milk, or a new customer that has an inkling for the taming the wild side of blending flavored concentrates to make your own flavored waters.

Top 15 Flavor Blends for Flavored Waters, Desserts, Dairy and Coffee Products

1-lemon-lime flavoring for flavored water, teas and desserts

2- kiwi-strawberry flavoring

3-peach-mango flavoring concentrates

4-blueberry-pomegranate flavoring

5- raspberry-

6-blueberry-acai flavored water, teas desserts and dairy products

7-cranberry and raspberry

8-orange-mango flavored concentrates for flavored waters, teas, dairy and desserts

9-mango-passion fruit flavor

10-pomegranate-blackberry

11-pomegranate-acai

12-chocolate-raspberry

13-strawberry-acai

14- berry-pomegranate

15-orange-lime flavoring drops


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Sources: Fona Int., Flavor University 101


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How Flavor Blends are Created for Flavoring Concentrates

Our flavorists work with us and our taste panels to create the perfect blend and combination of flavorings for specific flavoring application. Blends used in flavored waters are really different from blends used in flavor drops for coffee for example. No matter what the application, our flavorists have a lot to consider when developing flavors used as flavor concentrates.

Finding Flavor Balance is a key factor for flavored waters

Balancing is key factor throughout the flavoring development process. Flavorists work hard to find the right amount of each flavor concentrate used in the blend to achieve the right flavor profile. This included the strength of the flavors to be blended. In a pomegranate-acai blend for example, the flavor would 90-95% pomegranate because acai is strong with a woody flavor that is typically more pleasant in smaller amounts.

Communications

There are a couple of ways flavorists connect the flavor with us and our customers. The 1st is the flavorist has a clear target, such as matching an existing flavor to the newer flavoring. Other times the flavorist let us determine percentage of each flavor we wish to use in the blend.

Sometimes this is a better approach because it lets the us determine which flavor we want most to dominate in the finish flavor concentrate, or they can even provide us varied levels of concentration and let the us and our customer go through a taste testing preference.

Whenever blending Yum Drops flavor concentrates always choose an anchor flavor. That's one you really like and know. Then choose another flavor concentrate to blend it with. Back to our pomegranate-acai blend. Always use the anchor at 3:1. That means 3 drops of pomegranate to every drop of acai flavoring concentrate.

Consider blending flavor concentrates together. Be creative-the only rule is that it taste great! Some of the best flavored waters and flavored teas are blended flavors. Our most popular combination is peach-mango so we actually made it a flavor blended concentrates. It works as well in flavored waters as it does in flavored teas.

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