How to Use Your New Terpenes, Flavors, or Additives

Whether you’re enhancing extracts, creating edibles, formulating beverages, or refining flavors, our products are designed to help you achieve precision, performance, and consistency. Here’s how to safely and effectively use Extract Consultants’ Essential Terpenes, TasteBudds Flavors, and our Specialty Additives (Cooling Agents & BitterBlocker).

Jump to a Section:

• Solvent-Free Terpenes (Oil-Soluble) →
• TasteBudds Flavors (Oil-Soluble) →
• TasteBudds Flavors for Beverages →
• BitterBlocker™ (Liquid) →
• BitterEnd™ (Powder) →
• General Safety & Storage →

Using Your Solvent-Free Terpenes (Oil-Soluble)

What They Are:
Pure, plant-derived aromatic compounds that provide the natural scent, flavor, and effect profiles found in functional botanicals.

Applications:
✔ Oil-based formulations
✔ Distillates
✔ Concentrates
✔ Tinctures
✔ Vapor Products
✔ Infused Flower (All-In-Ones, Pods, Infused Cones)

Average Add-Back Range:
3%-5% (By weight) - Always start low and work your way up. Do not exceed 10%

How to Use:

1. Ensure all equipment is clean, functional, and properly configured prior to use.
2. Prepare Material: Warm oil or extract as usual.
3. Calculate Add-Back Rate: Example: 50 g batch × 3% = 1.5 g terpenes.
4. Weigh Precisely: Use a scale accurate to 0.00 decimal places.
5. Cool to Mix: Ensure your material is ≤100°F before adding terpenes.
6. Add & Blend: Mix for up to 20 minutes with a magnetic stir bar or hand tool.
7. Rest & Evaluate: Let steep for 24 hours before tasting or production.
8. Document: Record the final formula for consistency in future batches.

Storage Tips:
Keep finished products between 60°F–75°F to prevent separation or oxidation.

Using TasteBudds Flavors (Oil-Soluble)

What They Are:
Food-grade, oil-soluble natural flavors formulated for tinctures, edibles, gummies, candies, and infused oils.

• Our TasteBudds Flavors are made to perform across a wide range of edible applications. 
• Our Traditional Flavors are natural & artificial food-grade formulas with low add-back rates. 
• Our Concentrated Flavors are food-grade, all-natural flavors and essential oils ideal for clean-label products.

Applications:
✔ Edibles
✔ Gummies
✔ Candies
✔ Mints
✔ Chews
✔ Chocolates
✔ Tinctures

Average Add-Back Range:

• Traditional Flavors: 0.5%-3% (By weight)
• Concentrated Flavors and Essential Oils: 0.1%-0.6% (By weight)

How to Use:

1. Ensure all equipment is clean, functional, and properly configured prior to use.
2. Warm & Prepare: Heat your oil as you normally would.
3. Calculate Dose: Example: 50 g × 3% = 1.5 g flavor.
4. Cool Before Adding: Add once material is workable and under 100°F.
5. Mix Thoroughly: Stir for up to 20 minutes.
6. Let Rest: Allow 24 hours for flavor to settle and integrate.
7. Taste & Record: Log your ideal flavor percentage for future production.

Using TasteBudds Flavors (for Beverages)

What They Are:
Highly concentrated, water-soluble natural flavors crafted to enhance beverages—from RTDs and cocktails to mocktails and sparkling waters. Designed for clarity, flavor impact, and consistency.

Applications:
✔ Beer
✔ Cocktails
✔ Mocktails
✔ Sparkling Waters
✔ Seltzers
✔ Sodas
✔ Energy Drinks
✔ Teas & Lemonades
✔ RTD Cocktails
✔ N/A Beverages
✔ Functional Beverages

Average Add-Back Range:
Start low—0.10%-0.5% (By weight or volume) depending on beverage style and flavor intensity. Always start low and work your way up.

How to Use:

• Ensure all equipment is clean, functional, and properly configured prior to use.
• Add to Base Liquid: Incorporate directly into your beverage or pre-mix solution.
  • Base Formula Recommendation: We recommend starting with distilled water, sugar, and citric acid for balanced testing and flavor development
  • Suggested Base:
    • 95% Water
    • 4% Sugar
    • 0.5% Citric Acid
    • 0.1%–5% Flavor
• Mix Well: Stir or homogenize to fully disperse flavor.
• Taste & Adjust: Begin with the minimum dose and scale up gradually.
• Record & Repeat: Document your ratios for each batch.

Example Dosing (approximate):

Pro Tip: Allow the beverage to rest overnight before final tasting, this helps flavors fully integrate and balance.

Using BitterBlocker™ (Liquid)

What It Is:
A liquid proprietary flavor modifier designed to smooth sharp, bitter, or earthy notes. Best suited for liquid and semi-liquid formulations where fast dispersion and uniform blending are needed—such as tinctures, beverages, and infused edibles.

Applications:
✔ Edibles (including gummies & hard candies)
✔ Tinctures
✔ Beverages

Average Add-Back Range:

• Gummies & Hard Candies are 0.3%-1.1% (By weight)
• Beverages are 0.3%-0.6% (By weight)
• Tinctures are 3.75% (By weight)

How to Use:

1. Ensure all equipment is clean, functional, and properly configured prior to use.
2. Start Small: A few drops go a long way—begin at 0.3%.
3. Mix & Taste: Stir well and taste after resting for several hours.
4. Adjust Gradually: Increase dosage only if necessary to achieve balance.

Pro Tip: For beverage applications, test with your final sweetener and acid levels—BitterBlocker interacts differently depending on pH and sugar content.

Using BitterEnd™ (Powder)

What It Is:
A powerful, clean-label proprietary flavor modifier designed to smooth sharp, bitter, or earthy notes without altering your product profile. With a natural flavor label, it’s best suited for powdered formulations for easy integration.

Applications:
✔ Dry mixes
✔ Powdered supplements
✔ Capsules
✔ Other low- or no-moisture formulations

Average Add-Back Range:

• Energy Drinks & Bars are 0.3%-1.0% (By weight)
• Nutraceuticals are 0.3%-1.0% (By weight)
• Dry Mixes are 0.3%-1.0% (By weight)
  

How to Use:

1. Ensure all equipment is clean, functional, and properly configured prior to use.
2. Measure precisely: Start with the smallest possible amount and increase in 0.1%
3. increments as needed to mask bitterness in the finished product.
4. Mix until uniform: Blend thoroughly at room temperature to ensure even distribution.
5. Address clumping: If clumps are present, sift and remix until the powder is fully uniform.

General Safety & Storage

• Ensure all equipment is clean, functional, and properly configured prior to use.
• Always measure by weight, not drops.
• A lab coat (fire-resistant) and closed-toe shoes should be worn at all times.
• Do not ingest undiluted terpenes or flavors.
• Avoid skin contact—wear gloves and work in a ventilated area.
• Keep tightly sealed in a cool, dark place away from heat and light.
• Store between 60°F–75°F for best results.
• Keep out of reach of children and pets.