For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
2.1 food flavor
concentrated formulated mixture (except formulated product having only salt taste, sweet taste or acid taste) consisted of food fragrance and (or) hot-work food spices and food supplementary essence, with or without food supplementary essence. Generally, it is not used directly for consumption, but for food processing
Note 1: Food essence and food seasonings shall be distinguished exactly: seasonings, a type of food, is usually eaten directly as food; Food essence can be a small part of seasonings.
Note 2: Food essence should be used in an appropriate amount according to production demand.
2.2 food supplementary essence
food additives and food ingredients essential for production, storage and application of food flavor. Food additives (except flavoring agent and acidness conditioner) have no function in final flavored product
2.3 food hot-work spices
a product or mixture prepared for food fragrance. They are the products made of food materials by food production process like cooking
2.4 specimen
specimens selected from the sample, used for testing
2.5 standard sample
the standard sample confirmed to be used for inspection by the technical division of an enterprise jointly with relevant department/ personnel upon verification and fragrance assessment of the samples
2.6 liquid flavor
Dissolvent flavor dissolved in oil or oil-soluble material, water or water-soluble material. Generally it exists as liquid at atmospheric temperature
2.7 emulsion flavor
oil-in-water flavor prepared by emulsification and homogenizing
2.8 paste flavor
flavors in forms of slurry or paste
2.9 mixed powder flavor
powdery flavor which scent and (or) fragrance components are mixed with solid dust carriers
2.10 capsuled powder flavor
Particle flavor which scent and (or) fragrance components are capsuled as core materials in solid walls
