📢 A new possibility for formulators in the EU.
Since November, quillaia extract (E999) can be used in flavourings under specific conditions. For both flavour houses and food & beverage manufacturers, this opens interesting formulation opportunities.
Quillaia extract is well known as a natural emulsifier and stabiliser. It can help disperse essential oils, improve emulsion stability, and support the formulation of clearer or more stable beverage systems — particularly where traditional emulsifiers are not desired.
But there is a regulatory twist 🤓
Maximum levels depend on the final food category, and the limits are expressed in saponins, not in quillaia extract itself. In practice, this means that the quantity of extract used in a flavour or a finished product must be converted into its saponin equivalent before checking compliance.
For teams working across multiple applications, these calculations can quickly become complex 🤯
This is exactly where Flavour Manager helps: structuring regulatory limits, handling the saponin conversion, and making it easier for both flavour creators and food manufacturers to assess compliance during formulation.
New ingredients create new possibilities — but they also require the right tools.
Curious to see how Flavour Manager manages regulatory complexity?