Subreddit: r/Treedibles
User: u/StonerProfessor
Original Post:
Would anyone happen to have a recipe for a homemade one of these THC dropper things?
Never tried this brand [Swivel, 100% Hemp-Derived] but I’d love to be able to make one of these at home and take it with me. Any recipes or ideas would be appreciated, especially those that include a good amount of CBD!
My Answer:
As a food scientist, I can stare at this and get a pretty sense how to reverse engineer it, which I often do for clients. There’s very specific ranges for each of the ingredients, and likely choices for more broad terms such as natural flavors.
For example, most natural flavorings have a use rate between 0.1 to 0.5%, but can be as high as 5% depending on the flavor category and source. I like to use citric acid at around 1%, anything over that can be rather intense. But I’d probably substitute for something milder like lactic acid or gluconic acid.
With Sucralose, it has about the equivalent intensity of 200 to 300X of sugar. So pretty low use rate, probably around 0.5% as well.
Sodium benzoate is usually used at 100 ppm. Food colorings are usually used at 0.1%. Hemp extract would have to be back calculated to determine efficacy and taste intensity.
To stabilize, I’d probably include some glycerin and lecithin for good measure, making sure nothing separates. Could also use some gum arabic to give a smoother texture to beverages.
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