Plant-based Meats & Meat Alternatives

Citrus Fiber in Plant-based Meats

Citri-Fi® citrus fiber ingredients provide high water-holding and oil binding and added texture in meat substitutes like meat-free patties, veggie hotdogs, vegetarian sausage links, faux chicken nuggets and fish analogues.

Clean Label Solutions for Meat Alternatives

Citri-Fi TX is a larger granule citrus fiber texturant that provides a variety of benefits to meat alternatives including meat-like texture and fibrous chew, firmness and binding. For instance, Citri-Fi TX keeps the meat substitutes formulation bound during food processing, handling and storage. As a result, this natural citrus fiber texturant can replace other binders such as gluten. This is essential for allergen-free meat analogue formulations. In addition to the cold binding, Citri-Fi TX creates a meatier texture simulating animal meat which consumers expect.

Also, Citri-Fi citrus fiber creates clean label meat substitutes. When used with potato protein and/or canola protein, Citri-Fi TX can be part of a clean label solution methylcellulose alternative. The plant-based proteins provide the thermal gelling (hot binding) while the Citri-Fi TX creates the meaty texture and firmness.

Citri-Fi TX is also commonly used with methylcellulose in meat analog formulations. The citrus fiber enhances the fibrous chew and bite and improves plant-based texture.

Hybrid Meats & Animal Meats

Because of the meaty texture, Citri-Fi TX also improves hybrid meat products as well as animal-based meat products. Hybrid meats is a hot new growing area in the food industry. They incorporate both plant-based meat ingredients and animal meat ingredients to create these mixed foods.

Citri-Fi 100 Citrus Fiber: Stabilize Fat & Juiciness

Citrus fiber, specifically the 100 series, creates emulsions which are key to bind water and oil in plant-based meat analogues. Because of this, at low usage levels, Citri-Fi serves as a natural fat binder which improves the plant-based meat's moisture retention, texture, juiciness, succulence and overall eating experience. And because Citri-Fi's labeling options include citrus fiber, dried citrus pulp or citrus flour, this natural ingredient resonates well in the clean label and natural markets. Additional benefits include: