Drawback Tutorial

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• TTB F 5154.1
• Glossary/References
  • Definitions
  • TTB actions
  • What is density?
  • What is specific gravity?
  • Important unit conversions
• Calculations
  • Calculation of eligible alcohol
  • Calculation of alcohol content of finished product
  • Calculation Worksheets
• Unfitness for Beverage Purposes
  • What makes a product unfit?
  • 1% solutions
  • Organoleptic Analysis
• Naming Nonbeverage Products
• Components of Formulas
  • Format of submissions
  • Common mistakes
  • Listing Ingredients in Your Formula
  • Identifying all sources of ethanol
  • Limited ingredients
  • Prohibited ingredients
  • Information about solid extracts
  • Artificial versus natural vanillin
  • Flavors purchased from other manufacturers
  • Compounded flavors manufactured in-house
  • Acids as flavoring chemicals
  • Botanicals allowed in flavors
• Submitting Samples with Formulas
• Revisions to Approved Formulas
• Special Products
  • Food products containing ethanol
  • Vanilla Extracts and Vanilla Flavors
• Example Formulas
  • Simple mixture 1
  • Simple mixture 2 (including discussion about yield)
  • Simple mixture 3 (includes a disapproved intermediate formula)
  • Simple extract
  • Washed extract (with multiple sources of ethanol)
  • Dietary Supplements 1
  • Dietary Supplement 2

Submitting samples with formulas

The following guidelines should help the submitter decide when it is appropriate to send a two-ounce sample of their product along with TTB Form 5154.1. Sending a sample when it is not required adds unnecessary burden to the Lab and is an unnecessary cost to you.

You should not send a sample when:

• The product does not contain ethanol.
• The formula shows that the product meets the guidelines as outlined in the section describing what makes a product unfit. (for products produced in the United States).

You should send a sample when:

• Formula does not list significant amounts of flavor chemicals.
• Only essences, concentrates, extracts are listed.
• Less than 10% by weight essential oil in a washed extract.
• Formula contains masking agents such as sugar, high fructose corn syrup, glycerin, juices.
• Ingredient making formula unfit is not listed on formula.
• Product is not produced in the United States (even if unfit by guidelines)
• Product is a sauce/syrup - ethanol is not more than 12% (v/v) and residual solids greater than or equal to 60 grams per 100 cubic centimeters.
• Vanilla extracts:
  • Less than 1 fold
  • 1X or 2X with ethanol greater than 45% (v/v) in item 10

Note: the submitter should list the specific chemical(s) that make the product unfit on the form.  This could eliminate the need to submit a sample.