Herbal Tarragon Character for Beverages and Confectionery Lines
Food Flavor Tarhun in a 1 liter pack is built for producers of soft drinks, syrups and sweet goods who need the recognizable herbal tarragon taste with a light cooling edge. This item belongs to the Food Flavors Ukraine Wholesale section, which brings together flavor compositions for beverage bottling, baking, confectionery and dairy manufacturing. The 1 liter volume fits both smaller lemonade and coffee syrup workshops running steady output, and studio-scale production teams testing a recipe before scaling it up to a full bottling line.
The main historical market for tarhun sits within the beverage industry: carbonated lemonades, kvass-style drinks, coffee and cocktail syrups, and fruit-herbal blends for iced tea. Beyond drinks, the flavor is widely used in ice cream, dairy desserts, yogurt bases, hard candies, chewy marmalade and pastry fillings, wherever a fresh green herbal note is needed against a sweet background. The aroma opens best in a water and sugar environment, so it is typically dosed into the finished syrup or drink base at the final stage of the process rather than at the start of cooking.
A practical dosage usually falls between 1 and 5 ml per liter of finished product, depending on the desired intensity and the specific recipe of the drink or dessert. It is best to add the flavor once the base has cooled to roughly 35-45 degrees Celsius, because higher temperatures drive off part of the volatile aromatic compounds and flatten the taste. For cold-fill syrups and drinks, the flavor can be blended directly into the chilled liquid right before bottling.
Tarhun pairs well with citric or ascorbic acid, which sharpens the freshness and balances sweetness, and with a green natural or synthetic colorant that gives the drink its familiar shade. In mixed flavor lines, manufacturers often combine it with other fruit and herbal flavors, for example with Food Flavor Blueberry for a fruit-herbal duo in a lemonade range, or with Absinthe Food Flavoring for drinks built around a more complex spicy-herbal profile. In confectionery fillings and baked goods, the sharp green edge of tarhun softens nicely against the warm sweetness of Vanillin, giving the final product a rounder taste.
Store the flavor in a tightly closed container, in a dry, cool place away from direct sunlight, at roughly 15-25 degrees Celsius, and keep it away from strong odor sources that could affect the aroma over time. Once opened, reseal the bottle promptly after measuring out the needed amount to keep the aroma stable throughout the full use of the 1 liter pack.
Tarhun Soda Syrup Base
Filtered water 4000 ml
Sugar 5000 g
Citric acid 35 g
Food Flavor Tarhun 12 ml
Green food colorant 2 g
Dissolve the sugar in warm water over low heat, stirring until fully clear, then remove from heat and let the syrup cool to about 40 degrees Celsius. Stir in the citric acid and colorant, then add the flavor last and mix thoroughly until even. Bottle the finished syrup and mix it with sparkling water at roughly a one to four ratio before serving or further line bottling.