Herbstreith & Fox is recognised globally as a manufacturer of high-quality pectin for the food and non-food industries. The carefully developed and high-quality H&F product range provides pectin for a wide variety of applications, such as jams, spreads, baked goods, confectionery, dairy products, drinks, delicatessen products and much more. H&F is the global market leader for apple pectin. The family-run company can look back over a successful history since it was founded in 1934.
The overall benefit of this label friendly hydrocolloid is its broad functionality. Pectins are mainly used in the fruit processing industries, as well as in confectionery and dairy productions. Needless to add that there are manyfold applications beyond these classic uses.
As innovation partner for the food industry Herbstreith & Fox offers a wide range of Pectins, an individual technical approach and tailored solutions. Globally present, the direct access to technical support makes the strength of this modern family-owned company.
Product information
Pectin is a natural product which can be found in the cell wall of all higher plants. Pectin made from apple and citrus raw material is universally used as a jellifying, thickening and stabilizing agent and is nowadays an indispensable component of a great variety of products in the food industry. It is used in the production of jams, confectionery articles, baked and dairy products or in the nonfood industry, such as in cosmetics and pharmaceutics. Being a consumer friendly hydrocolloid with a well-known name and a healthy image by its origin in plants, it has in recent years increasingly gained importance. Innovation has driven its versatility, so that its functionality nowadays goes far beyond the traditional applications.