Food-Grade Glycerine. Your Versatile Friend.
Vegetable glycerine, also known as glycerine, glycerol or VG, is a thick edible liquid that belongs to the class of naturally occurring sugar polyols. This multipurpose, fragrance-free ingredient is widely recognised in the UK and EU as E number E422 and is used in both cosmetic and food industry. With a sweetness 70% of that of sugar, it serves many purposes including food applications, skincare products and e-liquids.
Food-grade glycerine plays a vital role as a humectant, thickener, emulsifier, solvent, and sweetener. It also enhances the texture and flavour of dairy products, confections, fondants, processed fruits, jams, and energy bars.
In Baking
When added into cake batter before baking it acts as a preservative ensuring your cakes remain irresistibly moist long after they leave the oven. Just 2-3tsp work great for one medium-large cake.
Ice Cream Texture
Ice cream benefits from glycerin as it acts as a humectant retaining moisture. This improves the texture making it easier to scoop and serving a softer consistency, particularly at lower temperatures compared to ice cream without glycerin.
Crystallisation Prevention
Adding a dash of glycerine when heating sugar and water at high temperatures prevents crystallisation.
Enhancing Confections
Glycerine gives a soft creamy consistency to buttercream or candies such as fudge, truffles, and caramels. When making royal icing a touch of glycerine provides a glossy finish and prevents it from hardening. Consider adding just 1-2tsp for every 500g.
Glycerin’s Fondant Transformation
When working with fondant, glycerine can be a game-changer. Adding just 1tbs to your fondant mixture enhances its texture and workability. Moreover if you’re grappling with an older batch of stiff and cracking fondant, glycerine can miraculously breathe new life into it!
Other Uses
Cosmetics & Skincare
Additionally in skincare, glycerin helps to attract moisture to the skin keeping it hydrated. Its gentle yet effective nature works on different skin types, offering a soothing touch and boosting a natural glow. Glycerin is a skincare superhero for supple, hydrated skin. It is widely used in moisturisers and creams, soaps, cleansers, gels, lotions, lip balms, makeups, floral waters, and more.
In DIY Vape Juice (VG)
Glycerin is commonly used as an ingredient in DIY vaping e-liquids (VG). Its non-toxic nature makes it a common choice for vape formulations, helping to produce vapour when heated in e-cigarettes.
Produced in the EU (Belgium). Packaged in the UK.
Ingredients: Vegetable glycerine. Non-GMO.
Allergens: Packed in a facility that may handle milk, wheat, peanuts, nuts, and other allergens.
Safety information: This refined glycerol is a clear, colourless hygroscopic syrupy liquid with not more than a slight characteristic odour according to the requirements of the European Pharmacopoeia and Regulation (EU) 231/2012. Excessive consumption may lead to laxative effects. When added to drinks, it should be used in moderation. According to recent FSA guidance glycerine should not be offered to children under 4 years old. Avoid contact with eyes. In case of eye contact rinse thoroughly with water. Keep dry in closed original packaging in a clean environment away from heat sources.
| Nutrition Facts |
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Per 100g |
| Energy |
1001kJ/ 239kcal |
Fat |
0g |
| Carbohydrates of which sugars of which polyols |
99.5g 0g 99.5g |
| Protein |
0g |
| Fibre |
0g |
| Salt |
0g |
