What are the “natural flavors” in Wateroos flavored drinks?
We get asked this question a lot. Here’s the official description from the Food and Drug Administration in the Code of Federal Regulations [21 CFR 101.22(3)]: The term “natural flavor” or “natural flavoring” means the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional. That clears things up, right? OK, here’s our take on it. The natural flavors used in Wateroos are derived primarily from fruits. To create a natural fruit flavor, first you take the fruit and boil out everything but the crucial ingredients. What’s left is a concentrated extract or what can be referred to as “
