In the food market, hawthorn flavor is widely used in popular snack foods and specialty beverages, prized for its classic characteristics: sweet and tart, thirst-quenching, and appetizing. Hawthorn flavor is a fruit-type edible flavoring characterized primarily by “sour, sweet, and green” aromatic notes.
Its key aroma-active compounds include:
Sour notes: Propionic acid, 2-methylbutyric acid, and 3-hexenoic acid, which impart the distinctive “fruity-sour” tang of hawthorn;
Fruity sweetness and floral notes: Ethyl acetate, ethyl butyrate, rose alcohol, and linalool, providing a gentle sweet aroma and floral undertones;
Green notes and astringency: Leaf alcohol and linalool oxide, simulating the “green-astringent” sensory profile of hawthorn skin and pulp fibers;
Finish: Small amounts of lactones and maltol, adding a lingering, candied-fruit-like sweetness.
Food Hawthorn Flavour is used in Fruit juice, tea, beverages, candy, jam, yogurt, ice cream, snacks, health supplements, personal care products
Food Hawthorn Flavour is used in Fruit juice, tea, beverages, candy, jam, yogurt, ice cream, snacks, health supplements, personal care products
Main Applications:
Beverages: Hawthorn juice, fruit tea, carbonated drinks, sports drinks
Confectionery & Bakery: Hawthorn slices, hawthorn fruit rolls, gummies, tanghulu-flavored hard candy; hawthorn filling for mooncakes, jams, cakes, cookies
Dairy Products: Hawthorn yogurt, ice cream, milkshakes
Convenience & Puffed Foods: Vinegar-flavored seasoning powder for instant noodles, potato chips, coatings for corn snacks
Health Supplements: Tablets for digestion and appetite, chewable vitamin tablets
Personal Care & Industrial: Toothpaste, mouthwash, scented candles, dry pet food
Food Hawthorn Flavour is used in Fruit juice, tea, beverages, candy, jam, yogurt, ice cream, snacks, health supplements, personal care products
Recommended Dosage:
Beverages, jelly, frozen treats: 0.05%–0.15%
Candy, gummies: 0.2%–0.5%
Bakery, cookies, cakes: 0.2%–0.5%
Jam, dairy products: 0.1%–0.3%
Powdered/instant drink mixes: 0.1%–0.5%
Vinegar-flavored seasoning powder for instant noodles: 0.3%–0.8%
Compressed health supplement tablets: 0.5%–1%
Personal care products, pet food: 0.05%–0.3%
Food Hawthorn Flavour is used in Fruit juice, tea, beverages, candy, jam, yogurt, ice cream, snacks, health supplements, personal care products
