The characteristic pungency, flavor, and aroma of black and white pepper are produced by three distinctive flavor components:

Piperine
The dominant constituent in a group of alkaloid compounds responsible for the characteristic pungency or "bite" of pepper.

Essential Oils
A complex mixture of monoterpene and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons with oxygenated monoterpines and sesquiterpenes responsible for characteristic aroma.

Fixed Oils and Resins
A small but significant contributor to a rounded black or white pepper flavor.

Black Pepper Oleoresins and Aquaresins®
The flavor and aroma of both product forms is characterized by the typical warm, green, and savory nature of the black pepper berries. Pungency, as is typical of dried and ground black pepper, is manifested principally at the tip of the tongue and forward areas of the palate.

Black Pepper Essential Oil
The potent aroma of black pepper is distinguished by green and earthy tones. Because black pepper essential oil is composed exclusively of the volatile portions of the extract, it has a less rounded profile and is completely lacking in typical black pepper pungency or "bite".

White Pepper Oleoresin and Aquaresins®
The flavor and aroma of both product forms is dominated by fermented notes typically described as earthy or "barnyard like". Pungency is typical of pepper and is manifested principally at the tip of the tongue and forward areas of the palate.

Kalsec® employs proprietary processing techniques to extract and recombine flavor, aroma, and pungent fractions into standardized Oleoresins and Aquaresins® with distinctive physical characteristics and functional qualities:

Aquaresins®
Homogenous liquids consisting of micro-crystalline piperine or piperine dissolved in a matrix of fixed and essential oils, and emulsifiers. Aquaresins® are dispersible in both oil and water and have all the unique advantages of our other spice, herb, and natural color Aquaresins®. For additional detailed information on Kalsec® Aquaresins® please see publication #0013.

Oleoresins
Homogenous liquids consisting of micro-crystalline piperine suspended in a matrix of fixed and essential oils. Oleoresins are dispersible in oil and easily dispersible onto dry soluble carriers such as salt, flour, maltodextrin, or sugar.