Kröner-Stärke, a leading German producer of natural wheat starches, has boosted its wide range of starch flakes to include a new instant porridge, pre-gelatinised wheat starch flakes, corn starch flakes, waxy maize starch flakes and whole flour starches for use in healthy clean-label food products. The new flake products are described as ieal for manufacturers of porridges, sauces, dressings, smooth desserts, puddings, mousses, custards and similar products.
Starch flakes offer exceptional dispersion properties, making them easy to incorporate into any mixture, and immediately add to the viscosity of the product. Full viscosity can be achieved without cooking, providing a convenient and easy to use solution for producing a range of instant soups, baby foods, desserts and baked goods. The flakes are also excellent moisture absorbers and so can help to avoid lumping too.
Manufacturers should specify these starches to help them achieve a delicate combination of flavour, texture and healthy label in their product.Kröner-Stärke has created flakes which achieve a perfect texture and mouth-feel without compromising the desired flavour. As the company takes a chemical-free approach to the production of all its starches, including grain processing using its own natural spring water, food producers are guaranteed a clean-label product with full traceability.
Based on the new range, one of the company’s latest innovations is an instant porridge mix designed for healthy living with the young and more mature population in mind. It contains naturally-produced wheat starch flakes, wholemeal wheat flour, calcium carbonate and vitamin B1 which, when combined with milk, soy milk or water, creates a smooth, easy to swallow, readily digestible porridge with a high fibre content.
The bakery and delicatessen sectors can also benefit from the functional properties of flakes. Potato starches, which are often expensive and problematic to source, can be replaced by Kröner-Stärke’a POMGEL. This is a wheat starch with a flaky structure that improves the shelf-life of baked goods, has a high water-binding capacity and due to its superior wettability, guarantees lump-free mixing.
Kröner-Stärke is exhibiting at Food Ingredients Europe show in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from 28–30 November 2017, on stand 11.OC11.