Tofi

Butterscotch is similar to toffee, but the sugar is boiled to the soft crack stage, not hard crack. Toffee and butterscotch use molasses or brown sugar while caramel uses white sugar. While being prepared, toffee is sometimes mixed with nuts or raisins. A popular variant in the United States is English toffee, which is a very buttery toffee often made with almonds. It is available in both chewy and hard versions.

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Compounds with butter and caramel notes

Diacetyl is an organic compound with the chemical formula (CH₃CO)₂. It is a yellow liquid with an intensely buttery flavor. Acetoin, like diacetyl, is one of the compounds that gives butter its characteristic flavor. Acetoin is also known as 3-hydroxybutanone or acetyl methyl carbinol. Makers of artificial butter flavoring, margarine and similar oil-based products typically add diacetyl and acetoin, with beta-carotene for the yellow color.

Maltol is a naturally occurring organic compound that is used primarily as a flavor enhancer. It occurs in the bark of larch trees and the needles of pine trees, and is produced during the roasting of malt and the baking of bread. Ethyl maltol differs from the more common flavorant maltol in having an ethyl group in place of a methyl group. Furaneol, or strawberry furanone, is an organic compound used in the flavor, perfume and cosmetics industry. γ-Nonalactone is a weakly volatile liquid that is colorless when pure, but typical samples are not. It is one of several gamma lactones, most of which have fruity scents.

Caramel

Caramel is a range of food ingredients made by heating sugars to high temperatures. The process of caramelization primarily consists of heating sugars slowly to around 170 °C.

Gourmand fragrances

A gourmand fragrance is a perfume consisting primarily of synthetic edible notes, such as honey, chocolate, vanilla or candy. Gourmand fragrances have been described as olfactory desserts. Gourmand is considered a subcategory of the modern family of fragrance. Gourmands may also work in combination with the fruity family of fragrance.