| Citric Acid |
Acidulants |
Citric
Acid is
a natural acidulant that gives a pleasant acid
note. |
| Tartaric Acid |
|
Tartaric Acid from Australian
Tartaric Products is a natural
acidulant, but with a slightly more acidic profile
than citric acid.
 Other
less commonly used acidulants are summarised in
the Acidulants section. |
| Ascorbic
Acid |
Antioxidant |
Ascorbic
acid can be used to prevent discolouration
in beverages containing fruit. |
| Essential Oils |
Aromatics, Flavour
enhancers |
Lionel
Hitchen Essential Oils offers a comprehensive
range of herb and spice-based essential
oils.
Amedeo Giovanni offers
a full range of citrus
essential oils, including orange, lemon
and lime. |
| Oleoresins |
|
Oleoresins from Lionel
Hitchen Essential Oils
such as cinnamon, clove, ginger and nutmeg
can be used to enhance
flavour. |
| Natural
Colours, Artificial
Colours |
Colour |
Hawkins
Watts New Zealand offers a comprehensive range of natural
and artificial colours for use in all beverage
applications.
Our suppliers, Cathay Industries, DD
Williamson and Phytone,
cover the colour spectrum. |
| Flavours |
Flavour |
Symrise can
provide an extensive range of authentic fruit
flavours and also have a great range of colas (one
of their many strengths). |
| Gum Acacia |
Gums, hydrocolloids,
thickeners, stabilisers |
Gum
Acacia
is used as a stabiliser and thickener in cloudy
beverages. |
| Pectin |
|
Pectins from Herbstreith
and Fox ,
such as Instant CJ204, can be
used to give mouthfeel in carbonated beverages,
especially in diet drinks. |
| Propylene Glycol Alginate
(PGA) |
|
Propylene
Glycol Alginate from FMC
BioPolymer is used in many carbonated
beverage emulsions to help form fine oil droplets
that make them stable so that they will not separate
out and form oil rings at the bottleneck during
storage. |
| Potassium sorbate |
Preservatives |
Potassium sorbate will
prevent yeast and mould growth up to a pH of 5-6. |
| Sodium
Benzoate |
|
Sodium Benzoate has a similar effect on yeast and mould growth, but
needs to be used in a product pH below 4, and is therefore well suited to carbonated
beverage applications. |
| Fructose |
Sweeteners |
Cornsweet
Fructose from ADM is
a crystalline sweetener with 1.2 to 1.6 times the sweetness
of sucrose. ADM Cornsweet Fructose can
be used in products where sweetness profile and glucose
content need to be controlled.
ADM Cornsweet Fructose also has
a low glycaemic index and can enhance the flavour
profile in some products
such as berry flavours.
We have found that carbonated beverages with 4% fructose, when combined with
a small amount of citric acid, are refreshing and light. |
| Stevia |
|
Stevia from Daepyung is
a natural high-intensity sweetener and sugar substitute
extracted from the Stevia plant with applications
in low-sugar
formulations. |
| Sweetness enhancer |
|
SymLife® Sweet from Symrise is
a flavouring which enhances sweetness, while allowing sucrose levels to be reduced
by as much as 30%. SymLife® Sweet works well in combination
with artificial sweeteners to help round out the aftertaste. |
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