Food Grade Flavor： Cheese Flavor

Cheese flavoring is a food additive mainly used to enhance or impart a cheese flavor to food. It is widely applied in the fields of baking, beverages, dairy products, and snack foods.

Basic attributes
1. Form and Type
Cheese flavorings are usually available in various forms such as powder, liquid (oil-soluble, water-soluble), and some products have dual properties of water and oil solubility.
Oil-soluble flavorings are suitable for high-temperature baking, while water-soluble flavorings are more suitable for beverages and cold drinks.
2. Flavor Characteristics
It has a rich cheese aroma, possibly including fermented cheese aroma, sourness, saltiness, and other complex flavors. Some products emphasize “richness” and “long-lasting” aftertaste.
High-end products (such as IFF Cream Cheese Flavoring) adopt head note enhancement and long-lasting aroma retention technology to enhance the naturalness and fullness.

Application fields
1. Baked foods
Used in cakes, cookies, bread, etc., to enhance the flavor of cheese, resistant to high temperatures and maintaining a long-lasting aroma.
Drinks and dairy products
Milk tea, solid drinks, processed milk, etc., providing fresh milk flavor and fermented taste.
2. Snack foods
Puffed foods, seasonings, sauces, etc., replacing part of natural cheese to reduce costs.
3. Frozen foods
Ice cream, ice lollies, etc., ensuring that the aroma does not deteriorate at low temperatures.
4. Other fields
Cosmetics (such as soap), pre-prepared dishes, jelly, etc., used to impart the aroma of cheese.