How to dilute flavorings

[diyguy]

I have some recipes that call for 0.3% quantities, and when making a 15ml batch, it's difficult to measure just a drop or two (by weight) accurately. This recently resulted in too much FLV Rich Cinnamon in my Awesome Apple Pie mix.

So I believe I should dilute the flavoring and use correspondingly more of that, right?

Should I mix 1 part flavor with 3 parts PG? Then add that at 4x what the recipe calls for? Or is it 4 parts PG, to mix at 4x? This is the confusing part for me, is it 1:3 or 1:4 if I want 4x to be the equivalent?

I mix by weight if that matters. Thanks!

 

[Teresa P]

1:4

 

[diyguy]

Really? Maybe my thinking is flawed,

For 1:4 you would add 1ml of flavor to 4ml of PG. You then have 5ml of mix.

So the flavor is 20% of the total.

Wouldn't you would want a 25% mix for a 4x equivalent to work?

 

[Wingsfan0310]

If you want to use 4 times as much, you would dilute 1 part flavoring with 3 parts PG. So for ever 1 part of original strength flavor, you would need to use 4 parts of your diluted flavoring (3+1=4). Then .3% would turn into 1.2%. Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Huckleberried]

Here's what I do. 1ml of the flavor you need diluted in 9ml of PG. If a recipe calls for 0.1% of flavor, move that decimal over and use 1% of the dilution.

 

[diyguy]

If you want to use 4 times as much, you would dilute 1 part flavoring with 3 parts PG. So for ever 1 part of original strength flavor, you would need to use 4 parts of your diluted flavoring (3+1=4). Then .3% would turn into 1.2%. Hope that helps.

Thank you. That helps.