Texturizers & Emulsifiers for Pet Food

 

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Texturizers impact various aspects and appearance of the end products. They help to enhance the texture and mouthfeel and play a vital role in manufacturing by focusing on improving consistency, stability, and cost-effectiveness.

Moreover, they may enable manufacturers to create new and innovative products that meet changing preferences and expectations. Cargill offers a wide range of texturizers to meet various needs depending on the type of dry or wet food products and processing parameters.

Texturizers for Pet Food - Starches and Derivatives Starches from wheat, corn and tapioca

Cargill has an extensive portfolio of starch solutions, based on corn, waxy corn, and tapioca, to meet the needs of your specific recipes and production processes.

Modified starches are a recommended thickener and stabilizer in wet pet food, due to the severe thermal treatment applied. They are used to enable gravy texture and chunks coating. The level of starch modification will depend on the sterilization process (time / temperature) and the desired texture outcome.

Pre-gel starches based on maize and/or waxy maize offer benefits in dry and wet pet food and pet treats, such as C*Gel® Instant, C*Tex® Instant, C*PolarTex® Instant

In Wet Pet Food: Delivers proper viscosity to gravies to be filled inside the pouch, tray or can, allowing for a more accurate and clean dosing. It can replace guar gum for the same function.

In Treats: Delivers binding properties for cold processing or during processing where cooking is not enough to cook all the ingredients. It enables stable processing and improves final appearance.

Cook up starches based on waxy maize or tapioca, are also beneficial in wet pet food, specifically in the gravy, to build proper viscosity after passing through the retort processing.

Especially C*CreamTex® 75710 based on tapioca is a popular choice as it enables grain-free formulation and claims. The taste is more neutral and the texture creamier versus other solutions.
 

Starch types and features

SimPure® Functional label-friendly starches

  • Source of nutrients
  • Helps to bring body, texture and viscosity
  • Binding properties
  • Good storage stability in different conditions

Native starch - Wide range of native starches for less harsh processing conditions, such as C*Gel®

  • Source of nutrients
  • Helps with gelling, thickening and viscosity building
  • Binding properties
  • Kibble expansion, influencing density and porosity control
  • Improves extrusion process and structure of dry pet food
  

Modified starch - Wide range of instant and cook up starches such as C*Tex® Instant and C*PolarTex®

  • Source of nutrients
  • Helps bring texture and viscosity in wet pet food and treats
  • Enables gravy texture and chunks coating
  • Enhances creaminess, gelling and shininess
  • Binding properties
  • Good cold storage stability

Maltodextrin & Dried Glucose - C*Dry® MD, C*Dry® GL

  • Source of nutrients
  • Improves texture
  • Good bulking agent
  • Enhances shelf life stability

 

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