Photo Gallery: New gums and ancient grains offer formulation potential

Feb. 1, 2012 7:54pm

New acacia gum and olive oil extract

A supplier of original active ingredients and acacia gum, Nexira, has announced two major innovations. Its food division (previously known as CNI) launched a new range of highly purified acacia gum that provides better transparency with reduced turbidity, which broadens the scope of applications for this natural soluble fiber. Nexira Health (previously known as Bio Serae Laboratories) has launched a new olive extract with a guaranteed constant high level of hydroxytyrosol, a phytonutrient with strong antioxidant properties. This organic ingredient meets the specifications in the positive report from EFSA (April 2011), which approved claims for protection of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) from oxidative damage and maintenance of normal blood high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels. www.nexira.com
Ancient grain, fruit, vegetable ingredient line

Taura Natural Ingredients has launched a range of ingredients that combines—for the first time—ancient grains and Ultra Rapid Concentrated (URC) fruit and vegetables. The new range, called URC® Inclusions, will allow manufacturers to fill a gap in the market by creating products that contain customized blends of ancient grains such as quinoa, amaranth and chia with 100 percent pure concentrated fruits and vegetables for applications in the snack, bakery, breakfast cereal and confectionery categories. Data from Mintel’s Global New Product Database show that there were 241 new product launches in Europe containing ancient grains in 2010, a significant increase over the 200 launched in 2009 and the 169 introduced in 2008. www.tauraURC.com
Kiwi ingredient for digestive regularity

Stratum Nutrition, a Novus International business focusing on nutrition through functional and specialty ingredients, has introduced ACTAZIN, a whole fruit kiwi ingredient for digestive regularity. This new digestive support ingredient comes from the superior New Zealand green kiwifruit, which has been shown to support digestive health by promoting regularity, gut motility and other long-term digestive health benefits. ACTAZIN has a unique, natural composition of gut health–supporting nutrients including a standardized level of actinidin, a proteolytic enzyme unique to kiwifruit, insoluble and soluble fiber, prebiotics, and high level of polyphenolics. ACTAZIN has been added to the Stratum Nutrition portfolio by way of a technology partnership with Anagenix Ltd. This partnership will allow Stratum Nutrition to bring this kiwifruit product, manufactured by Anagenix, to market in the US, Europe, Canada, and other regions—as well as help to further the science supporting the associated health benefits. www.stratumnutrition.com
Guar gum replacement for bevs

TIC Gums has a new product that can replace guar gum on a one-to-one basis for instant (powdered) beverages. Ticaloid GE 306 is a blend that significantly reduces the overall use of guar gum. This is accomplished while also improving the thickness of the finished beverage, a function that guar alone cannot provide. Ticaloid GE 306 is for instant beverages like lemonade and other powdered drinks. Ticaloid GE 306 improves the overall mouth feel of instant lemonade because the thickness is slightly greater than that accomplished using only guar. This blend of ingredients, still containing reduced levels of guar, is cold-water soluble and has comparable qualities of 100 percent guar gum. Ticaloid GE 306 provides a clean flavor profile and improved mouth feel over guar gum. Beverages were also evaluated for the overall textural effects. According to food scientists at TIC Gums, the guar gum beverage contained a noticeable “beany flavor.” The texture was thick up front but cleared from the mouth quickly. Ticaloid GE 306 had a cleaner flavor profile. The low thickness made it easy to swallow with slightly slower mouth clearing, allowing the flavors to linger in the mouth longer. www.texturerevolution.com

Recent innovations in the ingredients space include highly purified acacia gum, a guar gum replacement, an ancient grain/fruit/vegetable concentrate and a whole fruit kiwi ingredient.