Maintaining clean label status using citrus fibers – Fiberstar
06 Dec 2017 | Fiberstar
Elizabeth Green.
I'm at FIE 2017.
I'm with Nick Kovalenko from Fiber Star.
So Nick, can you tell me a little bit about what you are exhibiting here at FIE?
Yes, we at this show we exhibit our main product line which is citrus fiber.
We make the product using mechanical steps, so it's a clean label, all natural ingredient that's used in a variety of different applications.
And at this show we specifically promote a clean label applications including Mao applications where we replace thickeners like Zenson gum and only use citrus.
Fiber to deliver the texture and emulsification properties to mayo.
We also have a vegan mayo which is completely was made without any eggs using citrus fiber and emphasizing the emulsification properties of the product as as water retention and delivering a nice creamy texture.
And another product another application that we demonstrate here is the Extension of the tomato paste.
So our product is used to help deliver the nice natural texture of the tomato paste, but we can lower the natural tomato solids, so basically delivering the cost savings while maintaining the quality and texture of the natural tomato paste.
And what sort of trends you've seen in the market and how you responding to?
Clean label is one of the main trends here.
Especially in Europe, our product doesn't have any numbers, so definitely there's a lot of interest in all natural clean label fibers, so we see that quite a bit.
And also talking about the vegan applications our product comes from the plant-based material which is very much in the trend right now.
So a lot of manufacturers are looking for increased capabilities to come from the plant-based materials.
Our product is, so I see a lot of interest in that and also just overall vegan applications, and that's where we play an important role there as.
Fantastic.
And in terms of sourcing, are you experiencing any issues with sourcing with the recent hurricanes?
Yes, we got a lot of those questions, but we actually have, we have done our homework.
We looked at other Raw materials suppliers for us that we can bring from Latin America for example we can deliver to our site in Florida and process, making the same high quality product like Citrfi.
So we have access to all the raw materials and at this point I'm happy to say that we are not experiencing any shortages of the raw materials and will be able to deliver material to the new business opportunities.
Thank you.
