Fragrances & Flavors 101: Cold Press Oils vs. Fractions vs. Essence Oils
This article is for anyone who wants to know the difference between cold-pressed oils, fractions, and essence oils derived from citrus fruit and how these oils are extracted from various fruits. These are all essential oils that can be used for food and beverage flavoring, in aromatherapy, or to add fragrance to various products with natural ingredients. Today, Cvista will explore the three common types of fragrances and flavors derived from citrus fruits: cold-pressed oils, fractional flavors, and essence oils. Read on to learn more!
What Are Cold-Pressed Oils?
Cold pressing is a relatively new process for extracting oil from citrus and other raw plant materials. Rather than using heat and steam, this process involves puncturing the skin of the fruit along with pressing techniques to extract the fruit’s essential oils from the fruit and the rind, which leaves the oils in their most natural form, making them more nutritious and healthy. What’s more, this more natural approach to extracting the fruit oils does not contain the use of chemicals. Cold-pressed oils can then be used to enhance the flavor or fragrance of different products through a variety of applications.
What Are Fractionated Flavors?
Fractional flavors are made through a distillation process that uses heat to break down the oil into its component parts. The advantage of fractional flavors is that they contain no water or alcohol, which can affect the flavor of other ingredients in a product. Fractional citrus fruit oils can be used in beverages to add a fuller, richer, more concentrated flavor or fragrance profile for an array for food, beverage, and fragrance products.
What Are Essence Oils?
Using organic flavorings and ingredients instead of non-organic flavors can help you make your product healthier, which gives your customers peace of mind each time they take a sip of your beverage. These ingredients are typically free of artificial colors, preservatives, and other additives that may be harmful to the body, which may actually help improve flavor profiles and fragrances.
While this is a high-level overview of the different processes and qualities of extracting natural fruit essences and fractions from real citrus fruits, we invite you to explore our processes and our beverage flavoring products on our website. Please get in touch with the Cvista team if you have any questions, or if you would like to request a quote from our world-renowned manufacturing and supply company. Contact Cvista today!