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20 Jan 2020 --- Corbion launches a range of new natural solutions to keep chilled food safer for longer. The Verdad portfolio uses natural processing like fermentation to protect food from food safety hazards such as listeria growth. The six new ingredients within its Verdad and PuraQ Arome portfolios, launched at Fi Europe 2019 in Paris, France, are all marketed as natural alternatives to ingredients like sorbates and benzoates. Simone Bouman, Senior Industry Director, Sweet & Savory Food at Corbion explains how the new ingredients can help manufacturers to create stable, safe and flavorful products.

26 Jan 2018 --- Corbion highlighted a new clean label natural preservation solution that eliminates the need for artificial preservatives such as sorbates and benzoates. At FiE 2017, FoodIngredientsFirst spoke with Willy van Arkel about the Verdad range, a tried, tested and trusted antimicrobial that keeps foods, such as salads, at their best for longer while also naturally enhancing the product’s flavor profile.

17 Aug 2017 --- SweetPro is Corbion’s newly launched emulsifier portfolio, which delivers outstanding aeration, emulsion stability and moisture retention in sweet baked goods for greater product consistency while helping bakers eliminate PHOs and reduce saturated fat. Jim Robertson of Corbion says: “SweetPro is targeted at the sweet goods market segment and it’s all about bringing the PGME [propylene glycol monoesters] building block to our portfolio. From that we are able to create a portfolio of downstream products that enhances the quality of the sweet goods, from production to consumption.” 

12 May 2016 --- Corbion Purac introduced its new Verdad Avanta solutions at IFFA 2016. Verdad Avanta Y100 is a patent-pending formula, labeled as vinegar and citrus fiber. Stephan Dobbelstein, Sales Development Manager, says it effectively delivers cook yield increase from 3-9% and improved texture and slice ability, while also extending shelf life and controlling Listeria in ready-to-eat meats. Verdad Avanta F100 is labeled as vinegar and jasmine tea extract (or natural flavor), and provides prolonged freshness in raw and processed meats like sausages. 

11 Feb 2016 --- Corbion, a leading food ingredients and biobased chemicals company, has officially opened an advanced R&D and applications laboratory in Gorinchem, the Netherlands. Anieke Wierenga, Innovation Director Food at Corbion told FoodIngredientsFirst that the need for partnership is a key reason for the expansion. “In the market we see more and more need from customers and suppliers to really collaborate with us in our labs, to test our products in their applications at a lab scale or pilot plant scale, so that we can taste together and do microbiological evaluation on these products together,” she says.