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Flavourstream Americas Firestream Sweet Beech

Flavourstream Americas Firestream Sweet Beech is a food ingredients and spices that are smoked traditionally with fresh smoke. It is labeled as smoked sugar.

Flavor: Apple, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Smoke

End Uses: Food Seasonings, Packaged Sandwiches, Pizza, Processed Meat Products, Processed Seafood, Sauces, Snacks, Soups, Spreads

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    Identification & Functionality

    Flavor Ingredient Class
    Ingredient Name
    Food Ingredients Functions
    Carrier
    sugar
    Ingredients
    Sugar, Natural Flavor
    Technologies

    Features & Benefits

    Product Highlights

    Several different wood types can be used to smoke ingredients like salt, dextrose, coconut sugar vinegars, oils and spices like garlic and chili. The smoking time is typically over 8-12 hours to obtain the right flavor and a low dosage in the final application. The various woods add different flavor profiles, so the food manufacturer can choose exactly the flavor that fits the target application. Examples of labeling on the final foods are "smoked salt" or "smoked coconut sugar”.

    The various wood species used have a different flavor profiles on the final smoked ingredient:

    • Apple wood - fruity, slighty sweet flavor.
    • Beech wood - mild and round flavor.
    • Cherry wood - sweet and fruity.
    • Maple wood - mild and sweet notes.
    • Mesquite - strong, spicy and earthy flavor.
    • Hickory wood - strong smoky and notes of bacon flavor and sweet notes.
    • Oak wood - medium smoke flavor, between hickory and apple wood.

    Applications & Uses

    Applications
    • Seasonings for e.g. snack blends.
    • All types of savory flavors.
    • Plant-based meat replacers.
    • BBQ sauces.
    • Marinades and rubs.
    • Soups both meat and vegetable like tomato, leek, onion etc.
    • Savory spreads like sandwich spreads.
    • Pizza either added in the dough or in the tomato sauce.
    • Meat delicatessen.
    • Injection brines for meat, sh and poultry.
    • Meat emulsions.

    Properties

    Typical Properties
    ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
    Dosage3 - 5g/kg