New food product developers are forever challenged with creating innovative, clean-label beverages that maximize nutritional value without negatively impacting sensory attributes. This is especially the case with fortified instant beverages, which have an increased amount of perceivable particulates due to the addition of vitamin-mineral blends, fiber, protein and other nutritional ingredients. These ingredients, especially the protein selection, can also increase the astringency of the beverage; and the textural properties of the finished beverage may be negatively impacted, too.
That has changed with Ticaloid® Ultrasmooth CL, a new hydrocolloid blend from TIC Gums that was specially designed to target texture and improve suspension in these protein beverages. This cold water soluble system dissolves easily into solution allowing consumers to experience the textural benefits upon reconstitution. In addition, this label-friendly, kosher ingredient suspends and stabilized protein shakes and meal replacers while also improving mouth coating.
TIC Gums is offering a new white paper that provides texture profiles comparing different stabilizer options, prototype formulations and destabilization kinetics of three different protein beverages.
Download your copy of this whitepaper here.
Please contact your Skidmore representative for samples or additional information.
