Rapidly assimilable natural flavour "Petals of Roses"

The latest development of Technofilter Ltd is a new premium quality natural product having no analogues on the world market - a food additive, a highly active rapidly assimilable natural flavour, the flavour enhancer "Petals of Roses".

The flavour enhancer is produced by treatment of rose essential oil absolute using baromembrane processes. The finished product is practically free of impurities contained in untreated rose absolute (paraffine, terpenes and several other microimpurities). Specially purified rose absolute contains the main flavouring components of roses (the data were obtained by gas-liquid chromatography): phenyl ethyl alcohol (26.90%), linalool (16.30%), citronellol + nerol (14.83%), geraniol (6.51%), ethyl laurate (4,87%) and farnesol (1,43%) and constitutes the flavouring component of the flavour enhancer.

At present the rapidly assimilable natural flavour enhancer "Petals of Roses". is extensively used in the beverage industry. It proved its worth not only in production of vodkas, brandies, liqueres and other spirits, but also in production of low-alcohol and soft drinks.

The flavour enhancer "Petals of Roses" is intended for softening and developing full-fledged flavour of vodkas and for refining organoleptic properties of vodkas, brandies, whiskies, rums, others alcoholic beverages and soft drinks. The flavour enhancer "Petals of Roses" improve organoleptic properties of ice-cream, drinking yoghurts, milk cocktails, chocolate milk and flavoured milk.

Examination of industrial samples of spirits produced using the flavour enhancer "Petals of Roses" has shown that the flavour enhancer promotes the formation of ethyl laurate that improves organoleptic properties of several spirits, while keeping physico-chemical properties of the drinks unchanged. The flavour enhancer makes it possible to raise the class of vodkas. All alcoholic beverages made using the flavour enhancer "Petals of Roses" are granted the Highest Recommendation rating. The flavour profile of low-alcoholic beverages and soft drinks produced using the flavour enhancer is softened and harmonized, deprived of alcoholic tones and other objectionable after-tastes and odours. When used in drinks produced using synthetic sweeteners, the flavour enhancer eliminates or softens the specific taste of the sweetener, rounds off the race and taste.

Organoleptic evaluation of beverages produced using the flavour enhancer and maintained in controlled conditions during the shelf-life has revealed an organoleptically significant development of flavour and their stability during the shelf-life.

The flavour is rapidly assimilable by alcoholic beverages stored in both glass containers and oak casks as well as by low-alcoholic beverages and soft drinks.

The tradition of using ultrapure rose absolute in producing strong alcoholic and low-alcohol drinks goes back to Saradzhev's cognacs, Shustov's famous cognac, Shustov's liqueurs and brandies. These beverages were awarded Grands Prix at prestigeous exhibitions in Nizhny Novgorod (1896), Paris (1990, 1904, 1909), Turin (1902, 1911), etc. Owing to the highest quality of the products, Shustov's and Saradzhev's distilleries were granted the honorary titles of Suppliers of the Court of His Imperial Majesty.

At present the flavour is included into formulations by distillery enterprises in Russia and abroad (Lithunia, Mongolia, Kirghizia, Georgia, Кazakhstan and others). These include Kristall Ltd (Ulyanovsk), closed-end joint-stock company Veda, open-end joint-stock company Vladalko, (Vladimir), open-end joint-stock company Istok (Beslan), open-end joint-stock company Baikalfarm (Ulan-Ude), Luks distillery (Stary Oskol), closed-end joint-stock company ROOM (Nizhny Novgorod), open-end joint-stock company Urzhumsky distillery, Baikalsky Kedr distillery Ltd (Irkutsk), Stubras AB (Lithuania) and many others.

Vodka "Istok Premialnaya" produced by open stock company Istok (Beslan) using the flavour enhancer Petals of Roses was awarded Grand Prix at the international competition United Vodka - 2008 in Cannes (France).

Regulatory approvals

The flavour is produced in accordance with TU 9145-008-10471723-05

State registration certificate No 77.99.26.9.У.94168.05 of 17.08.2005

Sanitary-and-epidemiologic certificate No 77.99.02.009.Т.001515.08.05 of 15.08.2005

Recommended dosages of the flavour enhancer Petals of Roses (g per 10000 l):

Introduction recommendations

Testing - preparation of a test sample

The calculated amount of the flavour enhancer Petals of Roses is dissolved in rectified ethyl alcohol in the ratio of 1:10, until a transparent solution is obtained. The solution is then added in accordance with recommended dosages to 1 litre of the drink.

Procedure of adding the flavour enhancer to the blend

The required amount of the flavour enhancer is dissolved in rectified ethyl alcohol in the ratio of 1:10, until a transparent solution is obtained which, for further dilution, is added to 5 litres of the drink being prepared. The resultant solution, after being passed through a carbon column, is introduced through the upper hatch into the blend tank containing the drink (water-alcohol mixture). The blending is carried out in accordance with the technology used at the factory. The flavour enhancer can added into the blend alone or in combination with other ingredients.

If the "Silver filtration" process (Patent of Russia No 2222586) is used, the flavour enhancer can be introduced both before or after being passed through cartridges with silver-containing activated carbon of the ЭПСФ.УAg0.4 grade and activated carbon with impregnated platinum. The mode of blending the drink is "2 circls itself".