New clean-label starches 'ideal' for dairy goods
The first product to be launched is Novation Endura 0100 starch, which is particularly suited to dairy-based products. These are a clean-label reformulation challenge due to the high-temperature processing conditions.
Ingredion states that it is also suitable for use in fruit preparations, sauces, dips, ready meals and salad dressings.
The company added they also "deliver great stability throughout a product's shelf-life", even through freeze/thaw cycles during storage.
It is claimed the neutral colour and texturising properties enable food manufacturers to create a wider variety of thick, glossy food and beverage products with indulgent textures while maintaining a clean label, boosting consumer appeal.
They can also be used to provide process tolerance and stability in other applications such as dips, sauces and ready meals.
Aaron Edwards, director of Global Wholesome Ingredients at Ingredion UK , said: "We're excited to be offering the most technically advanced clean-label starches to the global food and beverage market. Reflecting our advanced clean-label capabilities, and as a result of continued strategic development efforts, Novation Endura starches offer food manufacturers even greater process tolerance and stability for their clean-label products.
"We understand how important the clean-label trend is, and are dedicated to offering best-in-class technologies and ingredients, as well as key market insights and technical formulation expertise to assist food manufacturers.
"With Novation Endura starches, food manufacturers can easily reformulate products to achieve high quality additive-free food and beverages that still deliver on taste, texture and appearance."
Simply labelled as 'starch', Novation Endura starches contribute to the simple ingredient listings that are increasingly popular among consumers.
The latest research commissioned by Ingredion indicates that nearly 80% of consumers think a short, simple ingredients listing is important or very important when considering their purchases, demonstrating the continuing importance of the clean-label trend across the world, Edwards claims.
"The UK has spearheaded the evolution of the global clean-label trend, with consumers demanding simple ingredient listings and driving new product development," added Edwards.
