Flavour family

Bakery & Vanilla Flavours for Canadian Bakers

Warm, comforting profiles — vanilla, butter, caramel, brown sugar, maple, honey, toasted notes and baked dough character — bake-stable and engineered for Canadian breads, cakes, cookies, muffins, cereal bars and dairy desserts.

Profiles and bake stability

Vanilla (bourbon Madagascar, Tahitian, Mexican, Indonesian) plus the warm bakery family: butter, brown butter, butterscotch, caramel, salted caramel, brown sugar, maple, honey, toffee, toasted milk, cinnamon roll, sugar cookie and baked-dough notes.

Most are oil- or PG-soluble and dosed at 0.1–0.5%. Encapsulated and bake-stable systems retain top notes through 180–220 °C oven temperatures; paste-form options are available for clean handling in continuous mixers.

Profile range and bake performance

Our bakery and vanilla library covers vanilla (custard, French, bourbon, Tahitian, ice-cream), butter, brown butter, caramel, dulce de leche, maple, honey, cinnamon, brown sugar and seasonal limited editions. Each is supplied in heat-stable carriers that survive 160–220 °C oven temperatures without losing identifying top notes.

Used across cakes, muffins, cookies, brownies, croissants, pies, fillings, glazes, donuts, snack bars and seasonal launches.

Freeze-thaw and par-bake systems

For frozen dough, par-bake and ready-to-bake systems, we tune the flavour for both the freeze-thaw cycle and the final bake. The consumer-facing product reads as same-day-bake, not as a reheated product. We supply matched references for fresh and frozen production lines.

Bake-stability and encapsulation choices

Bakery applications hit 180–220 °C for 8–25 minutes. Liquid water-soluble vanilla loses 30–60 % top-note on bake; spray-dried, fat-coated and matrix-encapsulated versions hold 80–95 %. We supply the right encapsulation grade for each format — cookies, muffins, layer cake, croissant, danish — with dosing tables tied to the bake curve.

Bake-stability data is provided for each SKU, including pre- vs post-bake sensory and GC headspace where required for technical buyers.

Vanilla origin character — Madagascar, Tahiti, Uganda, Indonesia

Bourbon Madagascar reads creamy-classic; Tahitian is floral-cherry-anise; Ugandan is woody-rich; Indonesian (Java) is smoky-phenolic. Each origin pairs differently with bakery formats — Madagascar with vanilla cake, Tahitian with French pastry, Ugandan with chocolate bakery, Indonesian with rum baba and traditional European recipes.

Discuss natural vanilla (extract, oleoresin, distillate), vanilla WONF and cost-engineered vanillin systems so the right origin character lands within the right cost window.

Frequently asked questions

Do you offer authentic Canadian maple flavour?

Yes — multiple maple profiles from light golden to deep amber, natural and nature-identical, bake-stable.

Do you offer free sample submissions?

The minimum production order is 5 kg. Share the application, dosage and trial scale to discuss sample availability, quantity, any charges and lead time. Request a quotation for the intended production volume and confirm supply arrangements before ordering.

What is the production MOQ?

The minimum production order is 5 kg. Share the application, dosage and trial scale to discuss sample availability, quantity, any charges and lead time. Request a quotation for the intended production volume and confirm supply arrangements before ordering.

Are natural-claim versions available?

Discuss natural flavour options for the application. Confirm source and processing information for the selected profile and have your regulatory reviewer assess the finished product's declaration under Canadian rules.

Evaluate the flavour in your product

A flavour description is a starting point, not evidence of performance in your recipe. Use a documented trial to decide whether a candidate fits.

  1. 1. Define the base and challenge

    Share the product base, processing conditions, target taste and benchmark. Identify the issue: bitterness, aroma loss, an unwanted note or a new flavour direction.

  2. 2. Agree on the trial

    Ask technical support to confirm the selected flavour’s dosage, carrier and handling requirements. Compare candidates in the same recipe and process, including an unflavoured control where useful.

  3. 3. Record the decision

    Evaluate aroma, taste, aftertaste and appearance after processing and during your intended storage conditions. Record the formula, dose and observations against your agreed acceptance criteria before scale-up.

Confirm the documents for your selected flavour

Tell us which specification, allergen statement, safety data sheet, certificate of analysis or certification evidence your quality team needs. Availability and certification scope must be confirmed for the specific reference; an ingredient document does not establish compliance of your finished product.

Talk to our Canadian team

Share your application, product base, target profile and timeline. Our Canadian office reviews your brief with Delsa and confirms the options, sample availability and next steps for your project.