Essential Oil
The concentrated essences extracted from flowers, fruits, roots, bark, leaves, and herbs -- have been used for centuries as flavor ingredients in traditional cuisines all around the world.
With today’s increasing demand for “natural” (rather than synthetic) flavorings, essential oils are commonly and increasingly used as natural flavoring ingredients in food preparations, including baked goods, beverages, teas, candy and confectionery, dairy products, desserts, meat marinades, savory soups, and so many more foods.
Safety Statement re Food flavorings
HBNO’s Food Grade Essential Oils are concentrated aromatic and flavor ingredients listed by the US Food and Drug Administration as “Generally Recognized as Safe for Human Consumption” which may be used in a mixture for food applications when used in a customary manner and safe quantity according to legal and FDA / FEMA GRAS guidelines.
For home kitchens, a drop or two is often all that is required to impart the desired flavor. For industrial applications, it is the user’s responsibility to consult such professional sources as FEMA for guidance (expressed in parts-per-million) as to safe use of GRAS substances in their particular food formulations.
FEMA: Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association of the United States.
All HBNO products listed as Food Flavoring Ingredients are processed and handled as a food ingredient, with our obsessive dedication to cleanliness and food safety, including testing of each lot of the product for quality, and adherence to FDA Current Good Manufacturing Practices for Food for Human Consumption.
All Food Flavors
We have wide range of food flavors.