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Citrus Fibers Improves Stability and Mouthfeel in Plant-based Beverages

Strip the Stabilizers – Plant-based Beverages

In previous articles crafted about plant-based beverages, the topics focused on types of plant milks, food ingredient usage and processing methods. Yet, none honed in on the clean label trend. Simplified food labeling continues to be a hot topic especially in plant-based milks like oat milk and almond milk. Some manufacturers tout their homemade style processing which uses no stabilizers. At the same time, stability and texture tend to be compromised. In the 1980’s, finding a sludge of chocolate at the bottom of a milk glass created Cheshire smiles on every kid’s face. Today, finding a slug of particulates at…

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Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber Improves Emulsification and Stability of Egg-free Sauces and Dressings like Mayonnaise

Egg-Free Sauces: A Hard Egg to Crack BLOG

Citri-Fi® citrus provides natural emulsification and high stability to egg-free sauces and dressings like mayonnaise. As low as 0.25% to 1.50% usage level delivers thickness and full body to no egg dressing food products. Due to its high functionality, this citrus fiber also replaces starches and gums to clean up food labeling. Eggs are essential when creating foods such as baked goods, dairy desserts, dressings and sauces. Because of its composition, eggs offer the biggest bang for the buck – emulsification. On the other hand, despite eggs being a natural food, it does not serve the vegan, vegetarian and/or allergen-free…

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Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber/ Fibre Used in Clean Label Yogurts to Improve Stability, Mouthfeel and Thickness

BLOG: How to Make Clean Label Yogurt using Citrus Fiber

Citrus fiber can be used to create clean label yogurts due to its highly functional benefits including stability, reduced syneresis, improved mouthfeel and increased thickness. Yogurt is the one food product that exploded in popularity over the years. Consumers quickly embraced this health halo food regardless of its contents. However, today, the clean label movement is changing how consumers decide on which yogurts to purchase. And seeing that retailers’ dairy sections offer wall-to-wall variety of yogurts, it is no surprise consumers are reading labels to determine the best choice. Now, not only do consumers need to be aware of added…

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Smoothies - Citri-Fi Natural Citrus Fiber / Fibre Stabilization & Texture

BLOG: The Rough and the Smoothie

RTD fruit smoothies face texture, mouthfeel and stability challenges. Citri-Fi® natural citrus fiber provides clean label stabilization and texturizing which improves the quality over the smoothie’s shelf-life.   When the smoothie trend hit, consumers followed suit with high enthusiasm. Patrons flocked to the stores buying high end blenders, smoothie mixes and a variety of fruits and vegetables. Each morning, they thumbed through ideas on social media or e-cookbooks searching for the ultimate recipe. And for those who boycotted brick and mortars, there was always the option of ordering the smoothie kits on-line. While these do-it-yourself’ers (DIY) took pride in mixing…

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