Hi. So I purchased the concentrates for this
Cream Base which is a mix of:
Bavarian Cream (TPA) - 4%
Cream Fresh (FA) - 1.5%
Marshmallow (FA) - 1%
Vanilla Custard v1 (TFA) - 2%
Whipped Cream (TFA) - 1.5 %
I'm thinking of adding Melon Cantaloupe (FA) 5%. Would this work? Thanks.
The cream base looks reasonable, if those are the flavors you have and want to use (and you like TFA VC- though your use of V1 makes me wonder if you mean Cap's? TFA uses DX to distinguish their non-diketone flavors, Cap uses V1 and V2. Unfortunately your link is broken, so it's hard to know. I'd probaby prefer CAP vCV1 here, but some people like the TFA, so...)
I've never used, and don't have, FA Cantaloupe, but my guess is that 5% is too high as a starting point.
Some flavor profiles are more forgiving than others when using artificial flavorings- for instance, it's kind of hard to go too wrong with a strawberry, even if it's the wrong strawberry. This is why there are so many strawberry recipes. Cherry, on the other hand, is probably the most difficult common fruit artificial flavor to make work, and that's why you see so few cherry-forward recipes.
Melons are a bit of a problem-child for most mixers. Not as bad as Cherry, certainly, but not as easy as Strawberry. And of course there are a lot of melons- Watermelon is easiest, Honeydew in the middle, and Cantaloupe, by itself, probably the hardest.
Have you single-flavor tested the FA Cantaloupe at different percentages? Without having done that I'd start with, at most, 2%, and work my way up. 5% FA Cantaloupe seems like a lot just looking at percentages on alltheflavors.
That said- honestly I love melons like honeydew and cantaloupe, IRL, because they have such a beautiful well-rounded flavor. This is what makes them a bit tricky as artificial flavorings though. If you _really_ like melons it might be worth your while to get some Medicine Flower melons. Their Honeydew and Cantaloupe are _amazing_, but because they are formulated very differently from artificial flavors you almost have to start learning to mix again to work with them.
