Differences between various 'creams'?

[Barbara21]

Could someone give me a brief breakdown between the different types of flavoring 'creams'. I've seen 'bavarian cream', 'sweet cream', 'catalan cream', 'vienna cream', 'whipped cream' and probably a couple others I've forgotten. I know the same flavor between different vendors can vary quite a bit but are there any general rules regarding the different creams?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Wingsfan0310]

From TFA's site:

Bavarian Cream Flavor
water soluble
A warm, creamy, vanilla flavor. Try blending with coffee, fruit, or nut flavors!
*** does not contain any "Custard" note ingredients

Sweet Cream Flavor
water soluble
a light cream, very useful for blending with other ingredients. this is called sweet cream, but
it is not really that sweet, but can lend an all-around milky character to other ingredients.
Please just be aware that since this is an all natural flavor, it is very delicate.
It should smell milky, with light buttermilk/cheesy notes.
This flavor does not need refrigeration, and will not spoil.
Shelf life is at least 6 months from when we ship it to you.

Whipped Cream Flavor
water soluble
A light cream, not strong but a good blender.

Cheers,
Steve

Edit I also use:
Vanilla Swirl Flavor
This is our vanilla custard flavor that has had the "Custard Notes" removed. It is a very useful vanilla, good on it's own, or used in blends

IMO It's more of a vanilla with an ice cream note

I actually have and use all 4 in different recipes

 

[HeadInClouds]

Catalan Cream and Vienna Cream are FlavourArt flavorings. They're an Italian company.

From their website:
Catalan Cream: A perfect blend of vanilla, cream and spices, with a delicate caramel undertone.
Vienna Cream: Meringue, cream, sugar
They also have Fresh Cream, which tastes like half-and-half, without sweeteners, vanilla, or other flavors.

These and the others you mentioned each have their own taste and uses. I use all of them regularly.

 

[Blueser]

That there Catalan Cream is some magic stuff...

 

[MissAmerican]

Catalan Cream and Vienna Cream are FlavourArt flavorings. They're an Italian company.

From their website:
Catalan Cream: A perfect blend of vanilla, cream and spices, with a delicate caramel undertone.
Vienna Cream: Meringue, cream, sugar
They also have Fresh Cream, which tastes like half-and-half, without sweeteners, vanilla, or other flavors.

These and the others you mentioned each have their own taste and uses. I use all of them regularly.

Agree with HeadInClouds, the catalan and Vienna are way different than say whipped, sweet cream, Bavarian, fresh cream etc. I find the sweet cream to be the most versatile, if I had to pick only one cream flavor to use I would pick that. When a recipe calls for a cream they're most likely talking about one or more of the last 4 of those. For my tastes the whipped cream is sweet, sweet cream adds a less sweet but creamier feel, Bavarian has more of a vanilla taste to it and the fresh cream doesn't seem to add sweetness just a plain cream feel to it. I like and use all of these flavors though, mostly from FlavourArt and FlavorWest. Hope this helps

 

[Barbara21]

Thank you all very much. After reading a lot, my brain was all in a whirl and you've helped straighten it out a bit.

 

[disco180]

This may sound crazy but I really cant tell the difference between all of these except for the sweetness, has anybody used cream flavors in their mixes and gotten a very lush creamy vape? and if so which one and how high did you go percentage wise

 

[michaelsil1]

This may sound crazy but I really cant tell the difference between all of these except for the sweetness, has anybody used cream flavors in their mixes and gotten a very lush creamy vape? and if so which one and how high did you go percentage wise

VZ-SC Cream 1%

 

[RobertNC]

My experiences:

TFA Bavarian Cream: popular but to me little different from EM/EV mix.

TFA Sweet Cream: Sweet, creamy, a little heavy on vanilla but a fav. Keep % low it will get sharp/peppery at high adds.

FA Fresh Cream: good creamy taste, milder vanilla note. Another fav but like Sweet Cream too much and it gets hot although less so.

Fruit express Cream: weak but little vanilla and least prone to heat. But if you add too much a weird aftertaste.

I like to make a mix of Sweet Cream, Fresh Cream, TE Cream to get a little of the pros of each and dilute the heat from the single flavors. Just cut 1:1:1 and use the mix is my preference.

 

[Ld3441]

This thread proves once again taste is subjective!

You just have to mix for yourself and see what YOU think. Some will say "it" is sweet and others say it is not. I love reading reviews on flavors but "you" may not get the same results. I have yet to mix any creams but will be doing so this weekend. I am looking forward to see how mine turn out. Then I can decide which cream I'd like to add to what. That is my plan for now, subject to change.

"it" and "you" are generalizations, not anything/anyone specific.