Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3715 | Pure Food and Drug Law
Section 3715.07 | Standards for Flavoring Extracts.

Effective: October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A flavoring extract is adulterated within the meaning of sections 3715.01 to 3715.37, inclusive, of the Revised Code, if, when sold under or by any one of the following names it differs from the standard fixed therefor by this section:
(A) Almond extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of bitter almonds, free from hydrocyanic acid, and shall contain not less than one per cent by volume of oil of bitter almonds.
(B) Anise extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of anise, and shall contain not less than three per cent by volume of oil of anise.
(C) Celery seed extract is the flavoring extract prepared from celery seed or the oil of celery seed, or both, and shall contain not less than three-tenths per cent by volume of oil of celery seed.
(D) Cassia extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of cassia, and shall contain not less than two per cent by volume of oil of cassia.
(E) Cinnamon extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of cinnamon, and shall contain not less than two per cent by volume of oil of cinnamon.
(F) Clove extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of cloves, and shall contain not less than two percent by volume of oil of cloves.
(G) Ginger extract is the flavoring extract prepared from ginger, and shall contain in each one hundred cubic centimeters the alcohol-soluble matters from not less than twenty grams of ginger.
(H) Lemon extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of lemon or from lemon peel, or both, and shall contain not less than five per cent by volume of oil of lemon.
(I) Terpeneless extract of lemon is the flavoring extract prepared by shaking oil of lemon with dilute alcohol, or by dissolving terpeneless oil of lemon in dilute alcohol, and shall contain not less than two-tenths per cent by weight of citral derived from oil of lemon.
(J) Nutmeg extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of nutmeg, and shall contain not less than two per cent by volume of oil of nutmeg.
(K) Orange extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of orange or from orange peel, or both, and shall contain not less than five per cent by volume of oil of orange.
(L) Terpenless extract of orange is the flavoring extract prepared by shaking oil of orange with dilute alcohol, or by dissolving terpeneless oil of orange in dilute alcohol and shall correspond in flavoring strength to orange extract.
(M) Peppermint extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of peppermint or from peppermint, or both, and shall contain not less than three per cent by volume of oil of peppermint.
(N) Rose extract is the flavoring extract prepared from otto of roses, with or without rose petals, and shall contain not less than four-tenths per cent by volume of otto of roses.
(O) Savory extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of savory or from savory, or both, and shall contain not less than thirty-five hundredths per cent by volume of oil of savory.
(P) Spearmint extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of spearmint or from spearmint, or both, and shall contain not less than three per cent by volume of oil of spearmint.
(Q) Star anise extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of star anise, and shall contain not less than three per cent by volume of oil of star anise.
(R) Sweet basil extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of sweet basil or from sweet basil, or both, and shall contain not less than one-tenth per cent by volume of oil of sweet basil.
(S) Sweet marjoram extract or marjoram extract is the flavoring extract prepared from the oil of marjoram or from marjoram, or both, and shall contain not less than one per cent by volume of oil of marjoram.
(T) Thyme extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of thyme or from thyme, or both, and shall contain not less than two-tenths per cent by volume of oil of thyme.
(U) Tonka extract is the flavoring extract prepared from tonka bean, with or without sugar or glycerine, and shall contain not less than one-tenth per cent by weight of coumarin extracted from the tonka bean, together with a corresponding proportion of the other soluble matters thereof.
(V) Vanilla extract is the flavoring extract prepared from vanilla bean, with or without sugar or glycerin, and shall contain in one hundred cubic centimeters the soluble matters from not less than ten grams of the vanilla bean.
(W) Wintergreen extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of wintergreen, and shall contain not less than three per cent by volume of oil of wintergreen.
All of said flavoring extracts shall be a solution in ethyl alcohol of proper strength of the sapid and odorous principles derived from an aromatic plant, or parts of the plant, and shall conform in name to the plant used in its preparation.

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