| Sodium Citrate |
Acidity
regulator, buffering agent |
Some products, particularly
diet beverages, require some buffering to improve
flavour. The addition of a small amount of Sodium
Citrate can
often enhance flavour. |
| 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. |
| Caramelised Sugars |
Aromatic, Flavour
enhancer |
Caramelised Sugar
Powders from Felix
Koch Offenbach (FKO) can enhance
coffee and nut flavours in instant coffee and chocolate
beverages. |
| Cocoa Powder |
Colour, Flavour |
ADM offers
a range of De Zaan™ lecithinated cocoa powders for
use in instant chocolate drinks. These products are
easier to disperse in cold water or milk. |
| 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.
We can also offer colours that are manufactured using
a unique maltodextrin carrier to avoid colour specking when added to water.
Ask for information on our "Non speck" colour range. |
| Flavours |
Flavour |
Symrise has
a wide range of flavours to enhance and impart
new flavours for powdered beverages. From fruits
to creams, coffee and chocolate. |
| Carrageenan |
Gum,
hydrocolloid, thickener, stabiliser |
Certain
products from the FMC BioPolymer Viscarin and Lactarin
Carrageenan ranges are ideal for use in
instant beverages. Carrageenan disperses
easily in cold water, improves mouthfeel and provides
excellent flavour release. |
| Calcium
Carbonate,
Calcium Citrate |
Minerals |
Many
manufacturers choose to add additional minerals
to instant drinks. Typically these include calcium
in a number of formats, but other minerals can
also be added.
See
our minerals selection
Jost
Chemicals has developed unique new
technology for manufacturing ultra-pure calcium salts with
very low levels of aluminium, lead, manganese,
iron and other vagrant metals. Jost also
has a comprehensive range of purity salts including
ascorbates, carbonates, citrates, fumarates, gluconates,
lactates, malates, nitrates, phosphates, succinates
and sulphates.
Kirsch Pharma also
supplies Hawkins Watts New Zealand with a comprehensive
range of high quality inorganic mineral
salts for use in beverage fortification. |
| Citrus
Fibre |
Nutraceuticals |
Herbafood
Ingredients,
a division of Herbstreith & Fox,
has a range of apple and citrus-derived fibres, including Herbacel
AQ Plus Citrus Fibre. These fibres have
very high water-holding capacity and have shown to
sequester heavy metals, as well as promoting good
intestinal health. |
| Resistant
maltodextrin |
|
Fibresol-2 from Matsutani is
a unique, low-viscosity fibre that is highly soluble,
yet contributes very little to taste or texture.
This resistant maltodextrin will
readily disperse and dissolve in water to form clear
transparent solutions. It is very stable, yet contributes
significantly to the analytical fibre content of
products. |
| Spirulina |
|
Hawaiian Spirulina,
from Cyanotech is
a micro-algae that is high in all-vegetable protein,
rich in beta carotene, iron, vitamin B-12 and the
rare, essential fatty acid, GLA. It offers a striking
profile
of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients.
Spirulina beta carotene is ten times more concentrated than carrots. Spirulina
also has the broad range of amino acids, along with iron and contains the
essential fatty acid Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). |
| 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, so is well suited
to acidic juice applications.
Care should be taken to ensure legal requirements are met, and that flavour profiles
are not adversely changed. |
| Acesulphame
K |
Sweeteners |
Acesulphame
K is a high Intensity sweetener |
| Fructose |
|
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 drinks. |
| Stevia |
|
Stevia from Daepyung is
a natural high-intensity sweetener and sugar substitute
extracted from the Stevia plant with applications
in low-sugar
formulations. |
| Sucralose |
|
Sucralose is a high Intensity sweetener |
| 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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