Glycerin as an Alcohol Substitute
Added 2023-01-28 15:29:59 +0000 UTCSince I get asked this question a lot, here is a video that answers all your questions about glycerin. Also, I've attached a solubility list (PDF) below that will help you select whether glycerin is good, or not, for your essential oil or flavour compound.
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The solubility list, at one time, was publicly available, the owner has removed it, so I can no longer share it.
Darcy S. O'Neil
2025-01-19 23:13:36 +0000 UTCHello, not seeing any PDF attached, where can I download it from?
Ujwal Trivedi
2025-01-19 22:57:38 +0000 UTCHi darcy can you double check the link please? I can't get it to open currently
James Norquay
2024-09-16 07:23:44 +0000 UTCFor elderflower it may be that the floral aromas are extracted with a high proportion of water. Vanilla is like this, only using 35% or less abv. Try doing a small extraction with just water and sugar and see how it tastes.
Darcy S. O'Neil
2023-10-15 20:05:19 +0000 UTCDo you ever need to use heat to make an extract? The only reason I'm asking is I'm trying to make an Elderflower extract from fresh elderflower and all of the syrup recipes use boiling water. The extract I've made so far is quite green and non floral. Thanks in advance 😊
josh wells
2023-10-15 11:20:29 +0000 UTCI have a video planned about using isopropyl alcohol and it is safe and is a better solvent than ethanol, and I've used it before. Many years ago soda manufacturers request to use it because it does work better. The only issue is that some countries limit the amount of iso-propyl alcohol in beverages, but if you follow the standard instructions on how to make an Essence, the IPA concent is less around 600 to 800 ppm, so very low.
Darcy S. O'Neil
2023-08-01 11:01:55 +0000 UTCsir can i use isopropyl alcohol for extraction or what is different between ethyl alcohol which is safe for health
MOHD ABRAR
2023-07-29 06:29:38 +0000 UTCHello, sorry for the delay, this question is more complicated then it seems. The problem is that there is limited data on glycerin extracts of cumin. With alcohol, you can estimate a complete extraction of the oils, but even then, knowing the quantity of oil extracted is difficult, but with an essence, we know exactly. But, an extract can be assumed to be somewhere around 50% of an essential oil essence. Now, with glycerin the solubility of oils is going to be much less, so maybe 10%? Though I'm not sure. But it won't be stronger than an alcohol extract so you could probably use 4 to 5 times as much as other essences or extracts. But the best thing to do is get the flavour to a point where it tastes good to you and that will work without the math.
Darcy S. O'Neil
2023-07-28 19:44:23 +0000 UTCDear i made cumin extract i used glycerin for extraction ..extract dilute with water how can i calculate ppm of this flavor
MOHD ABRAR
2023-07-20 09:20:46 +0000 UTCNow that I've checked, the rotation didn't save. Boo
Darcy S. O'Neil
2023-01-29 16:05:11 +0000 UTCThanks, THe list comes from "Foods and Food Production Encyclopedia" and the appendix is freely available through SpringerLINK, but their orientation of the PDF is verticle, so I rotated it for you. This is the original document: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm:978-1-4684-8511-0/1.pdf
Darcy S. O'Neil
2023-01-29 16:03:34 +0000 UTCDarcy, great explanation. Thank you. What manual does the solubility list come from?
Fernando Plata
2023-01-29 15:46:12 +0000 UTC
