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justin_a_lyesse

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So I was at my local Asian / Caribbean market the other day and noticed that they had food flavorings on the shelves under "Cool Runnings" brand. They were 150ml (5 oz) bottles and they were priced at $2.79 (CAD$). So considering that Capella sells 120 ml (4 oz) flavors for like $20 and TFA is like 15 ml (1/2 oz) for $3.25, buying some basic flavors at the grocery store can save you some money. Now these flavors may not be quite as concentrated as the "commercial" flavors, but still a great deal. The ingredients are basically water, ethyl alcohol, PG and natural / artificial flavors. I made a 15ml batch of juice with 10% pineapple, 5% orange and 5% cherry (the rest being 60% PG and 40% VG) and it came out very nice. I only steeped it for 3 days so I assume it would improve the flavors if I steep it for a week. Of course their flavor selection is not as vast or complex as the big guys, but you can still get a bunch of good flavors:

Orange
Pineapple
Banana
Island Rum
Dark Rum
Brandy
Coconut
Almond
Anise
Vanilla (not extract, just flavor)
Mint
Lemon
Cherry
Hazelnut

Now if you want a more concentrated flavor, you can pour it in a saucepan on low heat and slowly reduce it by half to get a concentrated flavor. I have reduced my pineapple by 50% in about 20 minutes of slow simmering and doing that boiled off the water and ethyl alcohol. The resulting "concentrated" flavor seems much thicker in consistency and smells more pungent.

Just look around your local market and experiment. Read the ingredients and if you don't like what you see, don't buy it. Simple as that. Some may contain artificial colors, some don't.

Has anyone else tried this?
 

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I haven't tried them. But they just recently went through a recall on their Curry. It had nuts in the mix.

Not saying it's good or bad. But research is essential. Their parent company is/was based out of Dubai, and I find it rather strange they try to present themselves as a Canadian based company. With headquarters in Canada :/
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Well what kinda ticked me off was that I ordered some flavors from a place called Fusion Flavours here in Canada and they were supposed to be from Flavor west and Lorann and TFA but they came in nondescript plastic containers with hand written labels. They were like between $7 and $9 each (for 30ml) and to be honest, who knows where the flavors really are from. They do smell a little stronger than the non reduced flavors I got from Cool Runnings, but once I reduced my "cheap" flavors, virtually no difference.
 

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I know the feeling all to well. And I suspect that at least one vendor will fall victim to the "repackaging" lawyers.

I bought what was advertised as TFA & FA juices. Maybe it was, but it had been repackage with the vendors name and the TFA & TA indentifing letters printed under theirs.

If there's a recall. I personally wouldn't want my name associated with anything other than a middle man the redistributed the brand. It invites legal action should something happen.

I know the vendors will argue with me about this. But once that seal has been broken for repackaging. They've relieved the maker of primary responsibility in legal action. They are now the defendant first in line, in the court room.
 

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