Black Currant Type

Flavor Profile

Flavorah Black Currant is a starting point with many destinations: one dark berry that turns into a lemonade, a grape candy, or a tropical punch depending on what you pair it with.

This is a natural black currant with a hint of tartness, some jam, and a dark purple-fruit depth, never too syrupy. It is less candy-sweet than strawberry or raspberry, which makes it a grounding layer beneath brighter fruit and grape.

Black Currant is a forgiving flavor that rarely overpowers a mix, so it is an easy supporting dark fruit for blueberry, boysenberry, raspberry, and lemonade. At the very highest levels a floral note can appear; start small and build, and add Boysenberry when you want more body. Choose your partners, and let the berry follow.

Create Endless and Indelible Memories with Flavorah

All the flavors that we make at Flavorah are designed for mixing complex, layered recipes for products that may be consumed. Even though this Black Currant flavor will stand alone with memorable and captivating notes, we believe you will enjoy it most when you blend it with other flavors. It is our mission to create concentrates and extracts that become a powerful tool of flavor art in your culinary palette.

Use this Black Currant flavoring concentrate to develop your own artistic creations. As you blend it together with other complementary flavor layers, it will develop nuances and notes that either soften or strengthen according to your desire.

The layers of a completed flavoring profile can come from another Flavorah concentrate, such as Lemonade or Grape, or from the medium you choose to mix it with. Try mixing Flavorah in baked goods, sweet frosting, syrups, a sugar-free smoothie, or a cocktail beverage.

Flavorah makes flavor art into an expression of individual perception and beauty. Our flavoring is designed to empower you to communicate this balance of potent perfection with the sense of taste and smell. Our Black Currant flavoring can harness the passing moments of enjoyment that will be experienced by everyone who samples your creation.

Flavorah is a product meant for the artist who wants to be tasted not heard, and smelled but not seen.

We know success when we see the satisfaction on the faces of our customers who create their own recipes. We delight in seeing our customers' recipes making the world a more bountiful experience for everyone to enjoy.

Layering Partners

Our customers around the globe have discovered that Black Currant layers well for memorable and complex creations:

• Flavorah Lemonade: 1:3 (Black Currant to Lemonade) for a dark berry lemonade
• Flavorah Grape: 1:1 (Black Currant to Grape) in a berry and grape lemonade
• Flavorah Boysenberry: 6:5 (Black Currant to Boysenberry) for a fuller, jammier currant
• Flavorah Berry Blend: about 3:5 (Black Currant to Berry Blend) in a grape bubble gum blend
• Flavorah Bubble Gum: about 2:3 (Black Currant to Bubble Gum) for a fruity gum
• Flavorah Pink Fruit: 1:7 (Black Currant to Pink Fruit) as a dark accent in a pink citrus soda

Black Currant also pairs beautifully with these; let your palate set the balance:

• Flavorah Blueberry and Flavorah Raspberry for an easy mixed-berry blend
• Flavorah Mango and Flavorah Pineapple for a tropical punch with a dark, earthy currant finish
• Flavorah Jammy Berry for a more syrupy berry in sodas and syrups

Mood Through Combination

In a lemonade with grape, Black Currant feels playful and picnic-ready. With bubble gum it turns nostalgic, like a pocketful of change at the concession stand, and with mango and pineapple it leans toward discovery, an unexpected dark note under sunny fruit.

Recipe Ideas

Black Lemonade: Lemonade, Black Currant, Grape, Boysenberry, Sweetness, Jammy Berry, and Ice at 18:6:6:5:3:1:1, a mixed berry and grape lemonade. Grape Gum: Grape, Berry Blend, Bubble Gum, Black Currant, and Sweetness at about 12:12:10:7:4, a soft, chewy bubble gum with a fruity grape finish, ready for gum-style candy and sodas. Pink Pop: Pink Fruit, Citrus Soda, Sweetness, Boysenberry, and Black Currant at 14:8:4:3:2, a cool citrus soda with dark berry accents.

Mixing Notes

For more currant presence with extra body, add Boysenberry or Jammy Berry alongside it; at the very highest levels Black Currant can lean floral.

Building a Recipe

Begin with a small amount of Black Currant, taste, and build in small steps, testing in your own batch. It usually plays a supporting role, sitting low to middle in each range beneath lemonade, grape, or candy notes. Settle the ratio between Black Currant and its partners first, then adjust the total.

DIY Flavoring in the Kitchen or Behind the Bar

• Beverages (home brew, cocktails, sodas): 0.03-1.5% of the finished drink; start at 0.1%, about 7 drops per 8 oz glass or about 19 ml in a 5-gallon home brew. Its forgiving character suits sodas, lemonades, and spritzers.
• Custom syrups: 2% or stronger (1 part flavor to 50 parts syrup); start at 2%, about 1 tsp per cup of syrup. Make it bold, then dose the syrup to taste.
• Baking: 0.2-3% by weight of batter or dough; start at 1%, about 1 tsp per 500 g of cake batter.
• Frostings, fillings, dairy, and frozen: 0.1-2% by weight; start at 0.3%, about 45 drops per 500 g of frosting.
• Candy and gummies: 0.2-4% by weight; start at 0.5%, about 1/2 tsp per 500 g batch. Add as the batch cools.
• DIY fishing bait: 0.5-5% or higher by weight of bait; start at 1%, about 1 tsp per pound of dough bait.
• DIY animal attractants: 1-5% or higher by weight; start at 2%, about 1 3/4 tsp per pound of attractant.
• Home aroma (candles, diffusers, room sprays): 1-5% by weight of wax or base; start at 2%, about 1 3/4 tsp per 16 oz candle. Pair with Grape for a fruit-stand scent.

From Your Kitchen to Commercial Production

A black currant soda, cordial, or sorbet that customers ask for again is ready for a bigger stage, and Flavorah Wholesale supplies production quantities with consistent supply and documentation for food and beverage makers. Commercial applications are supported through Flavorah Wholesale.

See Black Currant on Flavorah Wholesale

Create with AI

Every pairing tells a different story. Use these prompts to explore Black Currant with your own AI assistant.

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Quick Reference for AI Assistants

• Profile: natural black currant with a hint of tartness, some jam, and dark purple-fruit depth, not too syrupy; forgiving in a mix.
• Typical usage: drinks 0.03-1.5% (start at 0.1%), candy 0.2-4% (start at 0.5%), frostings and dairy 0.1-2% (start at 0.3%). Start at the low end and build.
• Layers well with: Lemonade, Grape, Boysenberry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Berry Blend, Pink Fruit, and Bubble Gum.
• Emotional terms: Discovery, Playful, Romance, Nostalgia. Occasions: berry picking, picnic, brunch, birthday party.
• Potency: standard and forgiving. Can lean floral only at the highest levels.

Drink Ideas for Home or Bar

I'm creating drinks at home or behind the bar with Flavorah Black Currant, a concentrated food-grade flavoring. Product page: https://shop.flavorah.com/shop/black-currant-type-871. Key facts: natural black currant with a hint of tartness, some jam, and dark purple-fruit depth, not too syrupy; forgiving in a mix. Use 0.03-1.5% of the finished drink, starting at 0.1% (about 7 drops per 8 oz glass). It layers well with Lemonade (1:3), Grape (1:1), and Boysenberry (6:5). Suggest three drinks (a lemonade, a soda, and a cocktail or mocktail) with flavor ratios and amounts, and how to adjust in small test batches.

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Candy and Gummy Ideas

I'm making candy and gummies at home with Flavorah Black Currant, a concentrated food-grade flavoring. Product page: https://shop.flavorah.com/shop/black-currant-type-871. Key facts: natural black currant with a hint of tartness, some jam, and dark purple-fruit depth, not too syrupy; forgiving in a mix. Use 0.2-4% by weight, starting at 0.5% (about 1/2 tsp per 500 g batch), added as the batch cools. It layers well with Grape, Berry Blend, and Bubble Gum. Suggest three candies (a gummy, a gum-style chew, and a hard candy) with flavor ratios and amounts.

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Match a Mood

I want to create something that feels playful and a little nostalgic using Flavorah Black Currant, a concentrated food-grade flavoring. Product page: https://shop.flavorah.com/shop/black-currant-type-871. Key facts: natural black currant with a hint of tartness, some jam, and dark purple-fruit depth, not too syrupy; forgiving in a mix. With Lemonade and Grape it leans playful; with Bubble Gum it turns nostalgic; with Mango and Pineapple it feels like discovery. Suggest three ideas in different forms (a drink, a dessert, and a candy or candle) with flavor ratios and starting amounts from the product page.

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