Problems and Exemplary Solutions

Viscosity Stability of the starch at different processing temperatures for use in food applications.

The thermally inhibited starch are more suitable for use in food applications where viscosity stability is required through all processing temperatures.

Unchanged or reduced Gelatinization temperature of starch to make the starch digestible or to thicken /bind water in roux, sauce, soup.

Moisture treated starches show lesser gelatinization temperature than other type of starches.

Undesired use of additives such as surfactants

Using solution of an alkali in a water-miscible solvent such as ethanol, to avoid the use of additives.

Process for producing starch in more economical way

Thermally inhibiting process comprises pretreating a dry starch with alkaline solution in a water miscible solvent, is more flexible and faster than conventional inhibition processes.

Problems Exemplary Key assignees focusing on solving the identified problems

Exemplary Recommendation

Clean Label Agent

Waxy wheat starch can prove useful as an nutritive food compositions for dysphagic patients because of its high nutritional value due to the presence of starch and proteins (gliadin and glutenin) and additionally it can also be used as an staple food.

Functioning

Thickener compositions that include starch and non replicating probiotics could prove as an effective food composition that would provide nutrition along with improvement in the functioning of the digestive tract, boosting the immune system and also has an extended shelf life. Additionally, patents on improving resistant starch content shows an continued interest of the companies in the domain.

Combination of clean label agents

Starch obtained from Yucca schidigera acts as an food grade surfactant, which can be mixed with tragacanth gum to enhance binding capacity along with surface activeness, sustainability and low-carbon content.

Exemplary Successful Products

ARISE® 8000: Arise® 8000 is a clean label wheat protein isolate that is prepared by removing starch from wheat flour and carefully drying the remaining high protein fraction to retain the native viscoelastic properties.

ARISE® 8100: Arise® 8100 is a clean label, highly functional wheat protein isolate produced by a unique manufacturing process (patent pending).

ARISE® 8200: Arise® 8200 is a clean label, moderately extensible wheat protein isolate produced by a unique manufacturing process (patent pending).

MIDSOL™ 50: Midsol™ 50 is a clean label, native cook-up wheat starch that possesses a high water-holding capacity.

PREGEL™ 10: Pregel™ 10 is a clean label, instant native wheat starch that offers convenience by adding thickening properties to a wide range of non-heated foods.

Q-NATURALE® 200V quillaja extract: Green, clean, sustainable. Q-NATURALE® 200 V liquid emulsifier is derived from the Quillaja Saponaria Molina tree”.

NOVATION Lumina functional native starches: Meet consumer demand for “natural,” clean label products without compromising on flavor, color, texture and performance. Designed specifically for light-colored applications with delicate flavors, NOVATION® Lumina functional native starches offer all the formulation functionality of modified starches, helping you create yogurts, puddings, fillings, dressings and sauces with the sensory experience consumers expect and the labels they want.\

VERSAFIBE™ dietary fibers: Contributes up to 25% sugar reduction across a wide range of applications Use with high-potency sweeteners like stevia to match the sweetness of full-sugar controls Minimal effect on taste or color Labels as “soluble corn fiber” to contribute clean label appeal

HOMECRAFT® CREATE 335 flour: HOMECRAFT® CREATE 335 is part of our new range of multifunctional tapioca flours. Whether you already manufacture clean label products or are seeking to replace modified starches, HOMECRAFT® CREATE 335 is ideal for use under high process conditions

HOMECRAFT® Create 835 flour: Create delicious clean label food products with the industry’s first to market multifunctional native rice flours offering the ultimate consumer preferred “rice flour” label. It possess the same range of functionality as functional native rice starches like superior texture stability over shelf-life and medium process tolerance while creating creamy textures and wheat flour like opacity in gluten free and low in fat soups or sauces.

HOMECRAFT® Create: Easy-to-digest, non-allergenic rice cereal is often the first solid food given to infants. Now this universally accepted agent milled into flour brings smooth, silky textures, opacity and homemade appeal to your applications—with all the process tolerance and stability you expect from a modified starch. HOMECRAFT® Create multi-functional rice flours allow you to deliver silkier sauces; richer-tasting dairy and dairy-free products; smoother, creamier soups; and much more. All with “rice flour” on your labels for a potentially healthier image.

CAPSUL® 2732 dextrin: CAPSUL® 2732 is a maize based dextrin with little emulsification properties therefore suitable for lower-end applications or to formulate clean label encapsulation matrix. it is also a non-gelling functional agent with good film-forming properties with a low DE.

Exemplary Market Activity

Exemplary Insights

Licensing Partner

Beneo’s organic chicory root fiber offer clean-label, textural solutions. Chicory root fiber is a prebiotic that can be used both for sugar reduction and fiber enrichment. It’s a soluble fiber, so it can be used in confections very easily, as opposed to some insoluble fibers where you might get some textures that are really unwanted in confections. The company has developed other clean label agents with patent protection, thus the company can be a preferable licensing partner.

Successful Marketed Product

Ingredion company had launched a product i.e. Q-NATURALE 200V, which is a clean label product based on extract of Quillaja Saponaria Molina tree. The product ensures green, clean, and sustainable advantages along with providing liquid emulsifier function.

Manufacturing Unit

Limagrain Ingredients, a European specialist in functional flours, is invested more than €9 million on its site of Arques, in the North of France. The company installed a new line that will enable the production of almost 15,000 metric tons of functional flours across Europe. Functional flours are a key ingredient for clean label ingredient lists with benefits of texturizing, process improvement and flowability. Therefore, formulators are allowed to replace starch in the final product with a natural flour labeled as ‘flour’.

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