Question 1

What is Fooditive Thickener?

Accepted Answer

It is a plant-based, sustainable, and natural ingredient with thickening functions. Our thickening agent is made exclusively from banana skin but does not contain its colour, starch, sweetness or odour.

Question 2

Why did we develop a plant-based thickener?

Accepted Answer

Food applications require ingredients that can function well, yet a clean label is very important. Our thickener is made exclusively from banana skin as we wanted to find a solution for banana side-streams.

Question 3

How is it developed?

Accepted Answer

We first blend the banana skin with our solution to ensure there is no presence of pesticides. We continue with milling, so to create a slurry out of bananas.   The milled banana slurry was allowed to rest in storage tanks for some hours to separate. After this phase, we extract the starch from the solution.   The slurry is centrifugated to take a solution with a solids content of 66% minimum. After this process, we end up with a purified starch that is dried to minimum moisture content, sieve it, and it is ready.

Question 4

What are the properties of the thickener?

Accepted Answer

The banana skin extract contains two surfactants, one to stabilize the thickener and one that helps bring the polymer into contact with the aqueous phase of the formulation.   When the product is added to water, the polymer expands into the water phase to thicken and give stability to the preparation.   As the formulation thickens, the oil phase ingredients are emulsified and stabilized.

Question 5

What are the functionalities of the thickener?

Accepted Answer

Fooditive Thickener has a moderate viscosity. It is water soluble with adhesive propertiesIt contains surfactants that offer efficient contact with the water phase, so it stabilizes the formulations. It prevents sugar crystallization & has the ability to stabilize foam.

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