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Key benefits of AKUCELL

Below you will find a number of different food applications as well as the key properties of AKUCELL® in these applications.

Processed meat

Sausages, hot dogs, hams, hamburgers

  • Improves yield
  • Improves bite
  • Reduces syneresis
  • Can be used in allergen free products
Fruit preparations
Drinks, preserves
  • Distributes fruit pulp uniformly
  • Stabilizes proteins
  • Releases flavor
  • Imparts texture through gel properties
Bakery products
Donuts, dough products, meringues, tortillas
  • Controls batter viscosity
  • Increases volume
  • Prevents oil absorption
  • Retains moisture
  • Prolonges freshness
  • Improves freeze/thaw stability
  • Improves process efficiency
Beverages
Dry mixes: Hot chocolate, breakfast, energy and sport drinks, fruit-flavored drinks, squashes
  • Improves mouth feel
  • Adds body
  • Enhances flavors
  • Prevents oil-ring formation

Liquid preparations:

  • Milk, fruit and diet drinks
  • Improves mouth feel
  • Adds body
  • Stabilizes proteins
  • Suspends solids
  • Enhances flavors
Diet foods

  • Reduces syneresis
  • Thickens without adding calories
  • Simulates texture of fats/oils resulting improved mouth feel

   
Desserts

Ice cream, milkshakes, puddings, sherbets

  • Improves mouth feel
  • Gels and thickens
  • Reduces syneresis
  • Stabilizes proteins
  • Controls the formation of ice crystals, imparting a smoother texture
  • Inhibits sandiness by retarding the formation of lactose crystal



Salad dressings,
condiments,
soups and sauces

  • Improves mouth feel
  • Adds body
  • Suspends solids
  • Improves temperature stability
Syrup and toppings

  • Thickens
  • Improves flow control
  • Prevents sugar crystallization
  • Prevents migration into pancakes, waffles and toast
  • Improves mouth feel
Instant/quick cook cereals
Pasta, noodles
  • Strengthens gluten network
  • Prolonges freshness/shelf life
  • Reduces oil uptake during frying
  • Eliminates the need to cook the cereal (just add hot water)

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