Nature's Flavors

The catalog is built around flavor formats. Flavor extracts are alcohol-based and water-soluble, for drinks, dairy and baking; concentrates are heat-stable for baked goods; flavor oils are oil-soluble, with versions made for chocolate and for lip balm; emulsions and powders suit frostings, dry mixes and drinks; and many flavors also come without diacetyl or sugar-free.

For the coffee bar and snack stand there are coffee and tea flavorings, coffee, snow cone and Italian soda syrups (with sugar-free and powdered versions), organic flavored coffee beans in whole bean or ground, and cotton candy floss sugar in dozens of flavors. Natural food colors, fragrance oils and fragrance powders round out the range.

Most flavors come in a natural version and a version with Organic in the name, which is the USDA Organic one.

Match the format to the recipe. Use an extract when you want a clear drink or a quick stir-in, a concentrate when the recipe goes in the oven, a flavor oil for chocolate or anything oil-based, and a powder for dry mixes. If you want a flavor made without diacetyl, pick the version labeled 'without Diacetyl'.

These are concentrated flavors. The FAQ suggests starting at 0.25% to 1% of the total weight of your recipe, up to 4%, and adding sugar or a little citric acid (about 0.15% for fruit flavors) to bring the flavor forward; over-flavoring is the usual reason a result tastes medicinal or soapy.

Buy a 2 oz or 8 oz size first: those are the only sizes that can be returned, and they let you test a flavor before a 32 oz or gallon order, which is final sale.

Every order is made fresh, and the shipping policy puts production at 7 to 10 business days before transit; orders of $200 or more are handled as commercial with 10 business days. UPS ships within the 48 contiguous states at a rate shown at checkout, Alaska and Hawaii cost more, and P.O. boxes, APO/FPO addresses and US territories go by UPS Ground Saver. Canada, Australia, the UK and about 80 other countries are served, with shipping priced by weight and confirmed by email after you order. Expediting costs $35 on orders up to $100, or 35% of the subtotal above that, and ships within two business days. No Christmas order-by date is published, so allow at least three weeks.

Returns are accepted only on unused 2 oz, 8 oz, 1/4 lb and 1/2 lb sizes within 14 days, by phone authorization (714-744-3700), with a 25% restocking fee and return postage paid by you. Larger sizes are final sale. Defective products are replaced after the quality team tests the lot. Optional Route protection covers lost, stolen or damaged parcels.

Prices are per size and fall per ounce as sizes grow: Organic Peppermint Lemongrass Extract is $15.32 for 2 oz, $19.69 for 8 oz and $49.20 for 32 oz. Specialty flavors cost more, such as Organic Tahitian Vanilla Extract at $50.49 for 8 oz. The store showed no 'was' prices when we checked.

Subscribe & Save takes 10% off syrups (32 oz and 1 gallon), syrup powders (1/2 lb and 1 lb) and 1 lb bags of coffee, with pause, skip, swap and cancel in the customer portal and a reminder email 5 days before each charge. Eligible products also earn reward points. We list no codes we have not seen working; set a price alert on In-Right's /watchlist/ to hear about drops before Black Friday on 27 November.