If you make food or drink for a living, your flavourings have to do three things at once. They have to taste authentic, they have to behave the same in every batch, and they have to read cleanly on the label. Holy Lama Spice Drops are concentrated natural extracts of herbs, roots, fruits and flowers, made for exactly this. They give product developers, drinks producers and food manufacturers a natural flavouring that is consistent, easy to dose and simple to declare.
Here is why more UK makers are moving to natural extracts, and how to trial them at production scale.
Clean label is not a marketing slogan, it is a purchasing decision. Buyers and shoppers are reading ingredient lists and rejecting anything that looks synthetic. A natural extract lets you replace artificial flavourings and long chemical names with a short, honest declaration. Our extracts carry no artificial colours, no artificial flavours and no preservatives, which keeps your ingredient list clean and your story simple.
They are also friendly to the free from shopper. The range is vegan, gluten free, sugar free, alcohol free, nut free and GMO free, which removes several of the allergen and dietary headaches that come with syrups and compound flavourings.
Dried spice loses strength as it sits, and every fresh delivery is slightly different. A standardised liquid extract does not drift. Each drop delivers the same flavour, so your product tastes the same in January and in July.
Because the extracts are highly concentrated, you work in drops and millilitres rather than kilos. That makes scaling a recipe predictable and keeps your cost per unit low.
Our extracts are both water soluble and fat soluble, so they blend into drinks, syrups, batters, dairy, ganache and oils without separating and without leaving residue.
Stored correctly, each bottle stays fresh for up to three years from manufacture, which reduces waste and makes stock planning easier.
A handful of our extracts do most of the heavy lifting in new product work:
Vanilla is the everyday backbone of bakery, dairy and confectionery. See Vanilla Natural Extract.
Cardamom and ginger carry the warm spice and functional drinks trend. See Cardamom Natural Extract and Ginger Natural Extract.
Lemon and citrus lift soft drinks, sauces and dressings. See Lemon Zest Natural Extract.
Turmeric adds natural colour and an earthy note for golden lattes and wellness lines. See Turmeric Natural Extract.
Browse the full individual extract range to match flavours to your recipe.
The sensible route is to sample first. Our sample vials let your development team test flavours and dosing on a small scale before you order volume. Once a recipe is locked, move to catering size bottles for a lower cost per serve, and open a wholesale account through our trade page for pricing, lead times and bespoke requirements.
Yes. They are food grade natural extracts designed for use in food and drink, and many UK makers already use them as a natural flavouring in production. Contact us through the trade page to discuss volumes and documentation.
Because they are highly concentrated, the cost per finished unit is usually low, and you remove the waste, prep time and batch variation that come with fresh spice or sweet syrups.
Yes. Get in touch through the trade page and we can provide the product information your quality and technical teams require.
Yes. The catering range is made for volume users, and wholesale pricing is available once you open a trade account.
Build a cleaner label without losing flavour or consistency. Explore the full extract range and open a trade account to sample at scale.
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