t leaf T only uses natural or flavours formerly known as nature identical. In fact around 60% of our teas and infusions contain no added flavours other than the natural ingredient they contain.
Natural flavours:
The term natural flavour or flavouring refers to the essential oil, essence or extract, or any product of roasting or heating etc, which contains the flavouring constituents derived from a spice, fruit, vegetable, root, herb or similar whose significant function in food is flavouring rather than nutritional.
Flavours (formerly Nature-identical flavours):
These are composed identically as a substance that appears in nature, mainly of herbal origin. For example, a strawberry flavour is completely identical to the flavour found in a strawberry. The molecular structure is the same.
The advantages of this type of flavouring are:
- Greater stability
- Greater intensity
- The quality is more constant
- Better durability of the finished product
- No contamination with pesticides or other environmental contaminants