Overview – Ingredients for food manufacturers

Looking for that special flavour, modifier, colour or wanting to reformulate to fit Health Stars? If you can’t find what you want in the following pages you will have a better idea of whom to ask when you have finished reading them.

AXI EO (DKSH Group)

Axieo has a long history offering premium ingredients to all sectors of the food, nutrition and pharmaceutical industries in New Zealand and are now proud to be part of the global DKSH family.

To support consumer demand for natural products our supply partners are continuing to innovate and develop exciting new plant based ingredients. Roquette is expanding their Nutralys ® pea protein platform to now include application specific and texturized products that are ideal for meat substitution, helping to improve appearance and bite while remaining allergen free and vegan.

The Lycored range of natural tomato products includes tomato solids and natural flavour enhancers (MSG replacement). Their super stable Lycopene and Beta-Carotene extracts provide colour under a wide range of pH and high temperature conditions, suitable for beverage applications. CPKelco have launched NUTRAVA™ Citrus Fiber which is a highly functional and nutritious fibre ideal for replacement of traditional complex stabilisation systems. The benefits of adding functional fibre to consumer products are numerous and its use is gaining momentum. Axieo fulfils Kiwi’s sweetness demands in both industrial and gourmet markets by providing chocolate and compound solutions, as well as cocoa powder, butter and liquor. We proudly work with Puratos, whose Belcolade range offers a broad selection of real Belgian chocolates including certified dairy free. The Carat range of versatile and affordable compounds and fillings is also available.

We also specialise in freeze dried and baked products in both savoury and sweet profiles from Chaucer Foods, utilising their global fruit sourcing power for the advantage of ANZ customers. Talk to us if you have enquiries as we have recipes, ideas and innovative concepts to share! Further broadening the range of available ingredients we also partner with Bunge to bring a full suite of lecithin and bulk oils to the market. We look forward to expanding our portfolio further now we are part of the DKSH Performance Materials group. We would love to hear from you!

Beneo A healthy way to satisfy a sweet tooth Sugar reduction and replacement are important tactics to fight the challenges of non-communicable diseases such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other conditions. Hence, many healthcare experts have been encouraging consumers to cut down on their sugar consumption for many years. Some governments in the region are even going as far as taxing sugar-sweetened products. However, it is important for consumers and food manufacturers to understand that sugar replacement needs to go hand-in-hand with lower blood sugar levels. Only then, can sugar replacement provide the benefits that they are aiming for. BENEO believes consumers can make healthier choices with products that contain ingredients that help to replace sugar, but can also reduce blood glucose response, support weight management and/or digestive health. There are two ways to replace high-glycaemic sugars which cause a fast and high glucose release into the blood stream. The first is

modifying glucose supply with fully available, yet low-glycaemic carbohydrates, such as Palatinose™ and ensuring the carbohydrate energy enters the body in a balanced way, with a slower blood glucose rise and less insulin release. Having a mild sugar-like sweetening profile, Palatinose™ can be used to replace sucrose, maltodextrin or other high-glycaemic carbohydrates, while maintaining taste. Being low-glycaemic and low-insulinemic, Palatinose™ contributes to better fat burning in energy metabolism. Hence, it is potentially providing longer-term benefits for glucose control, body composition and weight management.

The second method is to reduce overall glucose supply by sugar replacement, using partially (e.g. sugar replacer ISOMALT) or nonavailable carbohydrates (e.g. prebiotic fibres Orafti ® Inulin and Orafti ® Oligofructose). ISOMALT is the only sugar replacer made from pure beet sugar. It offers a mild sugar-like taste, while being lower in calories. Prebiotic chicory root fibres – inulin and oligofructose – contribute to better digestive health and inner well-being. They are the only plant-based prebiotics available on the market and make up two out of the only three scientifically proven prebiotics that exist. With a mild and natural taste, they can also be used to reduce sugar in food and beverages, but at half the calories of sugar, and all the nutritional benefits of fibre. Being low-glycaemic, they can also help reduce the blood glucose response of foods and drinks.

BENEO’s ingredients from natural sources support balanced blood sugar management as they allow manufacturers to improve on their recipes — bringing down their glycaemic response and/or lowering their calories, without compromising on taste. Tapping on these functional ingredients is a smart move and should be the direction that the industry moves towards, especially with today’s health-conscious consumer in mind.

Give green light to better food choices. Build consumer trust with BENEO’s ingredients.

Where consumers in general aim for a healthy lifestyle with matching nutritional habits, now more than ever, they look for balance and moderation. When in the past a “diet” label on the Front-Of-Pack would be enough, today’s buyer takes a more holistic approach of health and wellness. People look for simple solutions and focus on familiar ingredients and inherent goodness. Brands can gain consumers’ loyalty by being open about their ingredients. Improve your product’s nutritional content with the naturally sourced, functional ingredients from BENEO.