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Hydrating Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber Activates the Functional Benefits in Food Products
September 29, 2020
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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…

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New Video Series: Replace Methyl Cellulose in Meat Alternatives using Citri-Fi® Citrus Fiber
September 4, 2020
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Replace Methyl Cellulose in Meat Analogs Video Series

Fiberstar, Inc. released a video series covering the three new solutions using citrus fiber to clean up meat alternative labels. For instance, the videos demonstrate how to create the meat-free or vegan patties using specific ingredients, equipment and methods. Ultimately, the citrus fiber replaces methyl cellulose and creates the meat-like texture and bite that consumers expect. Fiberstar launched three new solutions sets using natural citrus fiber to replace methyl cellulose in meat alternatives. As a result, these innovative solutions meet the three requirements when developing meat substitutes. First, it needs to create meat-like appearance and texture. Secondly, the solution set…

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Citri-Fi® Citrus Fiber Improves Meat Substitute Foods like Vegan Meats by Creating Juicy, Succulent, Meat-like Texture and Apperance
August 19, 2020
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Meat Substitute Foods: Creating Clean Labels using Citrus Fiber

Creating clean label meat substitutes is possible by using natural ingredients like citrus fiber which holds a lot of water to enhance juiciness, serves as a natural emulsifier and creates the meat-like appearance and texture that consumers expect when eating plant-based meats. Meat substitute food products popped up in the market like the color neon in the 1980’s. However, unlike neon which faded as fast as it illuminated the fashion world, plant-based food products are now the new normal. Environmental and health concerns steered meat alternatives into the food industry limelight. Because of this, plant-based is a long-term life style…

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Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber Extract Provides High Water Holding and Emulsification Properties to Food Products
June 9, 2020
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Citrus Fiber/Fibre: Frequently Asked Questions

Citrus fiber is the “go-to” clean label ingredient, especially Citri-Fi® citrus fiber. This natural citrus fiber sets itself apart from other citrus fibers due to its sustainable story, patented technology and superior functional benefits. For instance this citrus fiber or citrus fiber extract provides high water holding, emulsification and gelling properties. In addition, it cleans up food labeling. Learn more about this superior citrus fiber by checking out the frequently asked questions. Because of citrus fiber’s clean label functional benefits in food and beverage products, the food industry placed citrus fiber in the limelight. As a result, customers continue to ask…

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Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber Minimizes Ice Crystal Formation and Improves Creamy Mouthfeel of Natural Ice Cream
June 2, 2020
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Natural Ice Cream using Citrus Fiber

Citri-Fi® citrus fiber provides water holding and emulsification properties that benefit natural ice cream. This ice cream ingredient replaces chemical emulsifiers and stabilizers which shortens and cleans up food labeling. Moreover, Citri-Fi minimizes ice crystallization during storage. As a result, frozen desserts using citrus fiber maintain a smooth texture and full body.  Ice cream is one of those foods that puts a smile on anyone’s face around the world. Since its invention, this frozen dessert turned into many shapes, forms, flavors and textures. And thru the years, mass production, storage and shipping allowed many smiling faces around the world to enjoy…

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Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber Provides Freshness and Emulsification to Clean Bakery Products
May 27, 2020
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Clean Label Bakery: Using Citrus Fiber

Citri-Fi citrus fiber provides high water holding and natural emulsification. Though it qualifies as a fiber under the FDA, this natural ingredient offers many more functional benefits to clean label bakery. For instance, this citrus fiber retains moisture which improves the perception of freshness over time. As a result, bakers create high quality conventional or gluten-free bakery foods. Moreover, due to its high water holding capacity, this natural food ingredient also reduces eggs and/or oil in baked goods such as muffins and cakes. At the same time, at low usage levels, these bakery items retain the full-fat and rich mouthfeel….

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Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber in Foods Improves Water Holding and Emulsification
May 19, 2020
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How to Add Citri-Fi® Citrus Fiber to Foods

Citri-Fi® citrus fiber improves texture, labeling, stability and nutrition of various food products. However, to use this natural citrus fiber in foods, it needs to be hydrated correctly to activate the full functionality. As a result, these four easy methods minimize dispersion issues that may arise when adding this natural ingredient.  Before diving into how to use citrus fiber in foods, let us review why you need to use Citri-Fi in the first place. Citri-Fi citrus fiber uses a process free from chemical modifications. The mechanical process opens up the fiber to provide high water holding and emulsification properties. As…

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Citri-Fi® Citrus Fiber Improves Healthy Food by Reducing Eggs, Oils and Fat and Contributes Fiber
May 12, 2020
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5 Way to Create Healthy Food using Citrus Fiber

Citri-Fi® citrus fiber creates high quality healthy food. For instance, this natural citrus fiber provides high water holding and emulsification properties. As a result, this natural citrus fiber can reduce oil, fat, eggs and add dietary fiber to an array of food products like bakery, beverages, dressings and snacks.  Creating healthy food today involves subtracting negatively perceived ingredients in addition to adding health promoting elements. For instance, food makers continue to reduce oils and fats in foods. As a result, consumers benefit from lower calories. On the other hand, creating better foods entails removing allergens such as soy, gluten or egg….

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Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber is a Meat Alternative Ingredients that Improves Binding and Texture in Meat-less Patties
April 30, 2020
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New Meat Alternative Ingredients: Top 5 FAQ About Citri-Fi® TX BLOG

The brand new Citri-Fi® TX citrus fiber provides cold binding and meat-like texture to meat alternatives like meat-free patties. This is a the first new texturizing citrus fiber to hit the market. Learn more about this exciting new meat alternative ingredient by reading the frequently asked questions (FAQ). Fiberstar, Inc. recently launched Citri-Fi TX citrus fiber used to improve meat alternatives. This new meat alternative ingredient improves texture and cold binding in meat-free food products like patties. During this launch, a flood of questions poured in about this new technology. Many manufacturers are searching for new meat alternative ingredients such…

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Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber Improves Emulsification and Stability of Egg-free Sauces and Dressings like Mayonnaise
April 21, 2020
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Egg-Free Sauces: A Hard Egg to Crack BLOG

Citri-Fi® citrus provides natural emulsification and high stability to egg-free sauces and dressings like mayonnaise. As low as 0.25% to 1.50% usage level delivers thickness and full body to no egg dressing food products. Due to its high functionality, this citrus fiber also replaces starches and gums to clean up food labeling. Eggs are essential when creating foods such as baked goods, dairy desserts, dressings and sauces. Because of its composition, eggs offer the biggest bang for the buck – emulsification. On the other hand, despite eggs being a natural food, it does not serve the vegan, vegetarian and/or allergen-free…

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