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Citrus Fiber Emulsifier, Stabilizer & Texturant - All Natural
January 20, 2022
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Citrus Fiber: Emulsifier, Stabilizer & Texturizer

Instead of rattling off the Top 5 read Fiberstar blogs in 2021, we will focus on their common hot topics. These top read blogs highlighted Citri-Fi citrus fiber’s ability to emulsify, stabilize and texturize a variety of food products. This might set eyes rolling since there are many food ingredients in the market claiming to do the same. However, this citrus fiber performs these functions “naturally” which sets itself apart from the others. Currently, natural emulsifiers are a rare find. On the other hand, food ingredients like Citri-Fi are available as citrus fiber emulsifiers. Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber Natural Emulsifier Citri-Fi’s…

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Plant Based Meat Ingredients in Variety of Vegan Meat Types
January 13, 2022
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Top 5 Fiberstar Videos Watched in 2021

Every year, Fiberstar publishes the top 5 watched videos. And it is no surprise that in 2021, the top videos involved plant based meat ingredients. In addition, the other top watched topic covered Citri-Fi citrus fiber’s emulsification properties. Although Citri-Fi’s emulsification properties help create succulent vegan meat textures, this emulsification also benefits other food products such as beverages, dairy, sauces and dressings. For the past few years, Fiberstar built a toolbox of solution sets to help product developers create methylcellulose-free meat alternatives. Unfortunately, these is no “one size fits all” when it comes to this difficult feat. Because of this,…

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Citrus Fiber Creates Methylcellulose-free meat substitutes
December 13, 2021
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Citrus Fiber In the News

“Finally” User-friendly, Methylcellulose-free Solutions for Meat Substitutes using Citri-Fi® Citrus Fiber

Fiberstar, Inc., the leader of high performing citrus fibers, launches new methylcellulose-free solutions to create clean label meat substitutes. “This launch comes at a time when food manufacturers are scrambling for ways to improve meat substitute texture in addition to food labelling,” says President and CEO John Haen. “Many clean label options on the market have their drawbacks ranging from manufacturing complexity to consumer acceptance.” Because of this, Fiberstar introduced its next generation Citri-Fi® TX20 texturizing citrus fiber which can be used with specific plant-based proteins such as potato and/or canola to produce methylcellulose-free meat analogs. Clean Label Formulating Toolbox…

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Fiberstar Partners with New Food Ingredient Distributors in the USA
September 15, 2021
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Fiberstar, Inc. Partners with New Food Ingredient Distributors

Fiberstar, Inc. sells Citri-Fi® citrus fiber globally using a robust distributor network. To further penetrate the food ingredient marketplace, the company added two new distributors to their sales network – Accurate Ingredients and Gillco Ingredients. Both companies come with seasoned technical service in addition to a complimentary portfolio of food ingredients. “The market is demanding natural, clean and functional ingredients like Citri-Fi citrus fiber,” says President and CEO, John Haen. “Because of this, it was time to partner up with distributors that not only focus on natural offerings, but also, provide customers with technical knowledge about each food ingredient’s functionality…

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Bakery ingredients like Citri-Fi citrus fiber improve freshness in baked goods
May 19, 2021
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Bakery Ingredients: 5 ways to use Citrus Fiber

Creating bakery foods is a combination of art and science. Where else can an elbow test measure viscosity or a handful means a cup? Although measuring methods produce the perfect loaf or muffin, bakery ingredients play an equally important role especially on a mass scale. For instance, bakers use additional ingredients not commonly used in home baking to preserve the baked good’s quality during post production, handling and storage. Citri-Fi is an upcycled natural citrus fiber created from byproduct of the citrus juicing process. This natural ingredient provides high water holding and emulsification properties which benefit a variety of baked…

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Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber Natural Emulsifier Pet Food Ingredient
March 31, 2021
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Natural Emulsifier in Pet Foods: Citrus Fiber

Slowly you twist the can opener peeling back the lid without a sound. Regardless of the silence, your furry canines bolt into the room with their tongues swinging. Quickly you pour the contents into their bowls and watch them lap it up within seconds. In the end, this ritual sounds quick and simple. On the other hand, creating this healthy and nutritious pet food results in multiple challenges. In the past, pets scavenged left-out scraps. However, over the years pet food companies changed this by creating specific foods for companion pets. And as time chugged along, standard pet foods bloomed…

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Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber Improves Nutri-Score and Nutrition Labels of Foods
November 10, 2020
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Improve Your Nutri-Score using Citrus Fiber in Foods

The Nutri-Score is a type of traffic light system which helps consumers in the EU to choose “healthier” foods. For instance, this scoring system classifies foods and beverages into five groups starting with A (green) to E (red). Food ingredients are ranked from 1 to 10 which is then summed up to calculate a letter grade. It is this letter grade that highlights whether the food is healthy or not. For example, ingredients like sugar, saturated fats and sodium worsens the score. On the other hand ingredients like protein and dietary fiber improves the score. From this nutrition label, consumers…

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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 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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