| Rosemary
extract |
Antioxidants |
Hawkins
Watts New Zealand supplies a standardised
rosemary extract to
retard oxidation. |
| Sodium
erythorbate |
|
Sodium
erythorbate can be used to enhance meat
colour and stability. |
| Tocopherols,
Vitamin E |
|
ADM offers
a wide range of natural vitamin E derivatives,
including natural tocopherols in
various concentrations. |
| Oleoresins |
Aromatics |
Hawkins Watts New Zealand
has a full range of oleoresins from Lionel Hitchen Essential Oils including paprika, black
pepper, ginger, celery, garlic and
many more.
 Please contact
us for more information. |
| Carmine
extracts |
Colours |
Natural carmine
extracts from Phytone can
be added to processed meats and smallgoods to mitigate
some of the colour changes caused by thermal processing. |
| Natural Colours, Artificial
Colours |
|
Exacol
Polony Red R2173 and Saveloy
Brown R2174 from Cathay
Industries are used by meat processors
in water baths to colour polony and saveloy casings. |
| Dehydrated
herbs, Dehydrated vegetables |
Dehydrated products,
flavour, texture |
trokost offers
a range of dehydrated
vegetables and herbs which can provide
flavour and texture to smallgoods.
trokost dehydrated
products are steam-sterilised to reduce microbial
levels. |
| Flavours |
Flavour |
Symrise has
a wide range of savoury flavours to
enhance smallgoods, including smoke flavours. |
| Alginate |
Gelling
agents, gums, hydrocolloids, thickeners, stabilisers |
Protanal
alginate provides a heat stable gel network
that will prevent expansion during cooking and
eliminate burst casings. |
| Carrageenan |
|
Gelcarin
Carrageenan from FMC
BioPolymer can be added to smallgoods
to produce extra juiciness, with reduced purge and
firm texture, especially in sausages and frankfurters. |
| Citrus
Fibre |
|
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. |
| Sodium metabisulphite |
Preservatives |
The addition of
salt and preservatives such as sodium metabisulphite has
a major effect on the shelf life of smallgoods. |
| Sodium Lactate |
|
Shelf
life can often also be extended by the addition of
up to 2% Sodium
Lactate. |
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