Why should food flavors be used in drinks

The source of flavor in beverage mainly has three aspects: 

First, the raw material used in beverage exists before, these raw materials constitute the main body of beverage; 

Second, the flavor prerequisite substances in the raw materials occur a series of chemical changes in the food processing process (such as heating, fermentation, etc.); 

The third is intentionally added in the beverage processing process, such as food flavor and so on. Although the content of food essence in drinks is very small, but its position is very important. 

The function of essence is to endow the product with preference, supplement and enhance aroma, cover up bad taste, keep fresh and strengthen the function. According to the essence industry analysis and technical research report, many drinks due to their raw material composition and product storage problems, easy to produce uncomfortable smell. For example, the use of artificial sweeteners in low-calorie foods has an uncomfortable aftertaste, fruit juices, functional foods and milk produce a peculiar smell due to light. Lactic acid bacteria drinks smell due to light, similar to boiled cabbage, 67% of people can feel uncomfortable. Taste is the god of food. In order to solve the problem of peculiar smell of drinks, adding food flavor to the beverage can well change the bad taste produced in dairy drinks, such as citrus beverage lemon flavor. Citral components produce peculiar smell due to the decrease of light, temperature and wet oxidation, and the problem of peculiar smell is solved after addition. Drinks are divided into clear category, turbid beverage, turbid beverage may become the development direction, and emulsified flavor used in low-calorie drinks, such as milk coffee beverage, can improve the flavor, strength and turbidity of the beverage. 

The function of food essence can be summarized as "increasing aroma and improving quality", which is mainly reflected in two aspects: one is to provide aroma for food, some beverage raw materials themselves have no or very little aroma, after adding food essence, it has pleasant aroma; The second is to supplement and improve the flavor of beverages. Due to the limitations of processing technology, processing equipment, processing time and so on, some beverages are often insufficient or have incorrect aroma or weak aroma characteristics. The addition of food flavor can supplement and improve its flavor.