The Federal Government regulates the labeling of flavors. These regulations can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations, Food Labeling Requirements CFR 101.22. This subchapter defines artificial flavor (a)(1), spice (a)(2), natural flavor (a)(3) and the correct use of these terms in foods and beverages. The exact regulations are available on the web at www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html.

Silver Cloud's labeling conforms to the federal regulations.  Below are examples of what these label designations mean to the consumer:

Pure Extracts:

Except for Vanilla, there is no federal regulation for the definition " pure extract".  As a result the meaning of pure extract is somewhat open to interpretation. We believe, however, that a pure extract should, like a "natural flavor", be derived exclusively from the named product.  As an example Silver Cloud's Pure Orange Extract contains only pure orange oil. Unfortunately, some companies use the term "pure" to describe extracts, which contain artificial flavors or natural and artificial flavors. We believe this is misleading and it is one reason Silver Cloud's pure extracts are sometimes more expensive. The solvents used in pure extracts are not considered part of the flavor. All of Silver Cloud's pure extracts are made exclusively with ethyl alcohol.

Imitation Extracts:

The term "imitation" extract was popularized by McCormick & Co. and other manufacturers of retail bakery extracts to describe extracts which typically contain artificial flavors (see definition of an artificial flavor below).  Imitation extracts are less expensive than pure extracts and natural flavors. This is largely due to the fact that the synthetic or artificial flavor ingredients used to make imitation extracts are generally less expensive than their natural equivalents .

Artificial Flavor:

An artificial flavor is derived exclusively from artificial or synthetic flavor ingredients. As an example and Artificial Orange Flavor  would contain only artificial flavor ingredients none of which are derived from orange.

Natural Flavor:

All flavor ingredients derived from the named product.  As an example an orange flavor labeled as a  "Natural Orange Flavor"  must contain flavor ingredients derived exclusively from orange.  Solvents, diluents, emulsifiers and water are not considered part of the flavor

Natural Flavor Blend:

A natural flavor blend is a flavor which contains only natural flavor ingredients. None of the flavor ingredients, however, need to be derived from the named product. As an example, a flavor labeled Orange, Natural Flavor Blend would contain only natural flavor ingredients, though none of them would need to be derived from oranges.

Natural and Artificial Flavors:

A natural and artificial flavor contains at least one ingredient from the named product. In the case of a Natural and Artificial Orange Flavor at least one of the flavor ingredients  would need to be derived from oranges for it  to carry this designation. There is no requirement regarding the ratio of natural to artificial ingredients.

WONF:

A flavor labeled WONF (with other natural flavors) is all natural and contains at least one ingredient derived from the named product.   As an example an Orange Flavor, WONF would be all natural and contain at least one flavor ingredient from oranges.