Sweetener
STEVIA EXTRACTS
Stevia extract is a natural sweetener with zero calories and beneficial for diabetics, hypertensive and obesetic patients.It has proven beneficial for diabetics, obese and hypertensive patients. The white powder is an extract of the sweet glycosides (natural sweetening agents) in the stevia leaf.
These Extracts are used to provide a sweet taste without calories in many foods and beverages.
Stevia leaf extracts have been listed as Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) by the FDA for use in foods and beverages.
Stevioside 85%
It is white to off-white free flowing pure extract powder which is 150 – 200 times sweeter than cane sugar.
Rebaudioside A 95%
It is white to off-white free flowing pure extract powder which is 300 – 350 times sweeter than cane sugar.
Stevioside 95%
It is white to off-white free flowing pure extract powder which is 300 – 350 times sweeter than cane sugar.
Rebaudioside A 80% and Rebaudioside A 97%
It is white to off-white crystalline powder which is about 350-380 (80%) and 400-450 (97%) times sweeter than the cane sugar.
LICORICE EXTRACT
Licorice Extract (succus liquiritiae) is the natural and concentrated juice which is obtained by water and steam extraction of the licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.). The main active component in the roots – glycyrrhizin – is a sweet glycoside. Licorice extract is used in many industrial applications for its flavouring, sweetening and/or debittering characteristics.
Applications
FOOD & CONFECTIONERY
Naturally sweetening ingredient in sweets, toffees, pastilles, gums and jellies. Also used for ice-cream, spicy sauces and condiments.
TOBACCO
Licorice extract provides sweetness and taste and harmonizes tobacco casings.
BEVERAGES
Sweetening, flavouring and colouring ingredient for soft drinks, syrups, liquors, spirits, herbal teas.
PHARMACEUTICALS
Soothing, flavouring, debittering ingredient for pastilles, pills, syrups against sore throat, hoarseness, cough and stomach ache.
Qualities
BLOCKS & POWDER
Traditional licorice is divided into block and spray-dried powder.
GRANULES & PASTE
Instant granules and low viscosity pumpable paste
LOW-DUST POWDER
The humanized licorice extract is fine powder, low-dust powder, and can provide tailor-made quality according to customer requirements.
KEY FACTS ABOUT LICORICE EXTRACT
ORIGIN
Licorice extract comes from wild and naturally grown licorice roots in Central Asia, China and Mediterranean countries. Depending on the source of the raw material and the form of supply, the extract can provide a variety of flavors, ranging from moderate to sweet aroma, caramel-like, bittersweet and/or spicy.
SENSORY ASPECTS AND HANDLING
| Qualities | Handling | Extract taste |
|---|---|---|
| Block | Medium | bitter-sweet |
| Granules | Optimum | mild aromatic |
| Liquid | medium/Optimum | mild to strong |
| Spray-dried powder | Optimum | mild sweet |
| QSLic | Optimum | mild sweet |