Lemon Flavouring *NEW*

Our Lemon flavour has a fresh, punchy lemon zest flavour profile that adds a beautiful citrus boom to bakes and desserts.

Highly concentrated flavouring essence

Size: 20 ml – makes approx. 10 litres

Larger quantities (1 kg – 25 kgs) available on request.

HOW DO I USE FLAVOUR NATION LEMON ESSENCE?

How much do I add?
Use 1 – 3 grams per kilo or 1 – 3 ml per litre. If you’re wondering how many drops to use, we suggest adding +- 6 drops per 100 ml of mixture. Our cool dilution ratio calculator can help if you’d like to calculate how much flavouring to add to an existing recipe

Avoid over-flavouring. If you use too much flavouring, you may experience a bitter aftertaste. Experimenting with the dilution ratio in a small batch test is advised. 
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What kind of foods can I flavour?
Anything sweet that you’d like to add a lemon flavour to. Lemon essence blends beautifully into:

• Cakes, cupcakes and cookies
• Icings (royal, buttercream, ganache)
• Soft and hard candy
• Ice cream bases, custards and instant puddings

It works wonderfully in baked and unbaked recipes. 
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Does it change the texture of the food?
No. You only use a tiny amount, so your bakes keep their structure perfectly. Your bakes will stay springy, your tarts will hold their shape and your fillings will stay smooth and velvety.
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Does the flavour change when heated or baked?
No. Our Lemon essence is heat-stable, meaning the flavour stays lemony even after heating or baking.
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How do I get the flavour to really pop?
Our Lemon essence thrives in the presence of sweetness, so if you’re adding it to a recipe that contains sugar or sweetener, then you are setting your Lemon flavouring up to shine. If you want to get super-duper fancy-pro with your recipe, consider adding a dash of citrus acid to your recipe for an extra citrus zing!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How long does a bottle last?
Seeing as our flavouring is highly concentrated you’ll only need to use 1 ml – 3 ml per litre of whatever you’re adding it to.  Seeing as each bottle of Flavour Nation contains 20 ml of flavouring, you should get roughly 10 litres of flavoured mixture from one little bottle if you’re dosing at 0.2%
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Does Flavour Nation Lemon Flavour expire?
Good news – our essences don’t actually expire! The best-before date, set 1 to 1.5 years from manufacture, is there because the flavour might change ever so slightly over time. Even better, the shift is usually minimal, so your little bottle of Flavour Nation deliciousness will keep delivering delicious flavour well beyond its best-before date. Yey!
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How do I store it?
Store in a cool, dry cupboard. No need to be refrigerated.
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What colour is it?
Every flavour in our range varies in colour, but our Lemon flavouring is Clear.

After Lemon (no change)

Where do I buy it?
Order online and get delivery anywhere in South Africa through our online store. You can also find Flavour Nation at baking supply shops nationwide. Visit our Stockist Page to find your nearest stockist.
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Can I use Flavour Nation Lemon flavour in body products?
Our Flavour Nation range is 100% food grade, made for all your delicious bakes, drinks and treats. While we’ve experimented with our flavours in a gazillion yummy ways, they haven’t been tested for use on the skin. Even natural ingredients like cinnamon can cause irritation, so we don’t recommend using them in body products unless properly tested for allergic reactions. Your skin is precious and sensitive, and we want to keep it happy ❤ We’re sorry we can’t offer more guidance on this!

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INGREDIENTS & TECHNICAL DETAILS

• Ingredients: Propylene glycol, ethanol (Halaal suitable – appropriate % of ethanol and not derived from wine or intoxicants)
• Artificial liquid food flavouring
• Heat-stable
• Highly-concentrated (professional strength)
• Halaal-suitable
• No allergens

LEMON FLAVOUR PROFILE AND STRENGTH TEST

How to initially test the flavour profile and strength:

1. Pour 50 ml chilled milk, or weigh out 50 grams of vanilla ice cream.

2. Add 3 drops of flavouring to your 50 ml/g.

This is a middle-of-the-road dilution suggestion. It’s the equivalent of adding 2 grams/ml per kilo/litre where our suggested dilution range is 1 – 3 ml/g per litre/kilo.

3. Stir and taste.

4. If you taste bitterness, and you feel like you’ve over-flavoured, or if you feel like the flavour could be intensified, start again with a fresh measurement of 50 ml/g and dose differently. If you feel like you over-flavoured with 3 drops per 50 ml/g (2 g per kg/litre) then add 2 drops per 50 ml/g (1g per kg/litre). If you feel like you under-flavoured with adding a middle of the road 3 drops per 50 ml/g, then ramp it up. Take 50 ml/g and add 5 drops to it for a 3g per kg/litre dilution ratio.

BUYING LARGER QUANTITIES OF LEMON ESSENCE

Can I order a bigger size?
Absolutely! We offer our Lemon essence in 1 kg, 5 kg and 25 kg sizes. Please note: Large wholesale quantities cannot be returned or refunded, so please test the flavour profile using a 20 ml bottle purchased from a stockist or our online store.

If we don’t have enough stock on hand to send you the large quantity you require immediately, we will oh-so-gladly slot you into our production cycle and your order will be ready in 20 working days.

Crystal will happily assist with getting you larger quantity bulk pricing. Pop her an email request: hello@flavournation.co.za.

DILUTION RATIO CALCULATOR

We have a wonderful Flavour Nation essence dilution ratio calculator that helps you calculate exactly how much Flavour Nation essence you should use in the recipe you already have.

WHAT IS FLAVOUR NATION LEMON FLAVOURING?

What is Flavour Nation’s Lemon essence made of?
Our Lemon flavouring is an artificial flavour, and is not a natural extract… even though it carries a beautifully natural lemon zesty flavour profile.

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Is it safe to eat?
Yes. Every ingredient used in our Lemon flavour is 100% food-grade ingredients.
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Is it food?
It’s a food additive, but carries no significant nutritional value of its own.  It is the taste of lemon. Think of it as the flavour-only part of a lemon.
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What is its consistency?
Our Lemon flavouring is a liquid that’s slightly thicker than water.

WHY WE’RE A FAVOURED BRAND OF ESSENCE

1. Versatility. You can flavour just about anything sweetened with our flavouring.
2. Loved for consistency of flavour profile.
3. Our essences are highly concentrated, making them super-duper potent. 1-3 grams make 1 kilo.
4. Did we mention versatility?
5. Home baker-size: Packaged in a convenient 20 ml dropper bottle (larger quantities available on request).