Hydrating Citrus Fiber – Citri-Fi® Functional Fiber
Fiberstar’s Citri-Fi® citrus fiber provides natural functional benefits which improve food product stability and quality. However, hydrating citrus fiber is key. Due to the natural fiber’s composition of both insoluble and soluble fiber, which contains natural intact pectin, Citri-Fi provides high water holding and emulsification properties. As a result, product developers create products with cleaner food labels without compromising quality. Fiberstar’s technical service team highlighted the below critical success factors when hydrating citrus fiber. 1) Why is hydrating Citri-Fi citrus fiber important when used in food products? Citri-Fi citrus fiber is created from byproduct of the citrus juicing industry. The…