Kitchen Bouquet

Kitchen Bouquet is a browning and seasoning sauce primarily composed of caramel with vegetable flavorings. It has been used as a flavoring addition for gravies and other foods since approximately 1873.[1] It is currently produced by the HV Food Products Company, a subsidiary of The Clorox Company.[2]

Kitchen Bouquet
Product typeSeasoning sauce
Owner
CountryUnited States
MarketsNationwide
Kitchen Bouquet
Nutritional value per 1 tsp (4.93 mL)
Energy15 kcal (63 kJ)
3 g
Sugars2 g
0 mg
MineralsQuantity %DV†
Sodium
1%
10 mg
Other constituentsQuantity
Cholesterol0 mg
†Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.

Kitchen Bouquet was manufactured in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by the Palisade Manufacturing Company of West Hoboken, New Jersey. An advertisement in a 1903 edition of The Boston Cooking School Magazine indicated that Kitchen Bouquet, then known as "Tournade's Kitchen Bouquet," had been "a favorite for 30 years."[3] It was one of the products featured in the United States exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1889.[4]

Its ingredients include caramel, vegetable base (water, carrots, onions, celery, parsnips, turnips, salt, parsley, spices), sodium benzoate and sulfiting agents.

Kitchen Bouquet is also used by food stylists for a variety of appearance effects, including 'coffee' made by adding a few drops to a cup of water[5] and lending a browned appearance to poultry.[6]

See also

References
  1. De Both, Jesse (4 May 1949). "Jessie's Notebook". The Spokesman Review. p. 38. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  2. "The HV Food Products Company". Bloomberg Business Week. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  3. American Cookery, Volume 8. Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Boston Cooking School Magazine. 1903. pp. xvii, 427 & 503.
  4. Official Catalogue of the United States Exhibit. Paris: Charles Noblet et fils. 1889. p. 205. Kitchen Bouquet.
  5. Silva, Jill Wendholt (1999-10-13). "Food foolery stylists make food in pictures look good enough to eat". The Kansas City Star. p. E1.
  6. Davis, Denis (December 2004). "An Insider's Look At Food Photography". Shutterbug. Archived from the original on 2007-05-20.
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