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 the late 19th century.[3] It is currently produced by the Hidden Valley or HV Food Products Company.

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
Vitamins and minerals
MineralsQuantity
%DV
Sodium
0%
10 mg
Other constituentsQuantity
Cholesterol0 mg
Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[2]

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."[4] It was one of the products featured in the United States exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1889.[5]

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[6] and lending a browned appearance to poultry.[7]

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  1. ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". FDA. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  2. ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (US). ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154. Archived from the original on 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  3. ^ De Both, Jesse (4 May 1949). "Jessie's Notebook". The Spokesman Review. p. 38. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  4. ^ American Cookery, Volume 8. Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Boston Cooking School Magazine. 1903. pp. xvii, 427 & 503.
  5. ^ Official Catalogue of the United States Exhibit. Paris: Charles Noblet et fils. 1889. p. 205. Kitchen Bouquet.
  6. ^ Silva, Jill Wendholt (1999-10-13). "Food foolery stylists make food in pictures look good enough to eat". The Kansas City Star. p. E1.
  7. ^ Davis, Denis (December 2004). "An Insider's Look At Food Photography". Shutterbug. Archived from the original on 2007-05-20.