12.01.16
Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS) has added to its organic offerings, introducing two new ingredients: PurGinger organic ginger extract and Pur-C organic vitamin C.
For those formulating beverages AFS’ new ingredient provides real organic ginger, saving formulators time and cutting raw material costs with the highly water soluble ginger extract.
It was long established that formulating beverages with real ginger was a cloudy-pulpy-challenge due to its inherent lack of solubility. It can be questioned if many ginger ales even contain significant amounts of real ginger ingredient or just engineered "ginger flavor." The beverages that do contain real ginger almost always have some sedimentary-texture to them offering what many consumers would deem a poor mouth-feel.
Applied Food Sciences addresses this concern by offering beverage formulators a 100% organic highly water soluble ginger extract. PurGinger is a powdered organic ginger extract that provides an excellent sensory experience while being highly water soluble and clear in solution. It has no sediments, pulp, and no residual texture.
Using an extract instead of a raw ginger root also provides benefits in cost and social responsibility, the company said. The price of incorporating a small amount of an extract is far less than that associated with using the whole root. Shipping costs are decreased and so too is the waste from the used byproducts of the raw material. Time is also now cut significantly, AFS claimed.
Discussing its new Pur-C ingredient, AFS said it aimed to provide the industry with a naturally sourced, organic vitamin C extract.
While vitamin C is naturally found in citrus fruits, green vegetables and tomatoes, the company said most vitamin C used for supplements and beverages is actually synthetically derived. Artificial vitamin C has become the industry norm mostly because of the known challenges in extracting it from natural sources. While citrus fruits contain high levels of this ingredient in their raw form, AFS said the extractable amounts to be applied as a natural ingredient are typically neither potent enough nor soluble enough to be used as a commercially viable option in products.
The key to Pur-C is its source: Amla (or organic gooseberry). While other citrus fruits and vegetables contain vitamin C, Amla contains up to 20 times more vitamin C. Pur-C organic vitamin C extract is standardized at 25% vitamin C. The extract is also highly water soluble and clear in formulation making it a solution for beverages that are looking to stay purely organic. The company said 120mg of Pur-C organic vitamin C extract is considered an excellent source of vitamin C according to the FDA's RDIs.
For those formulating beverages AFS’ new ingredient provides real organic ginger, saving formulators time and cutting raw material costs with the highly water soluble ginger extract.
It was long established that formulating beverages with real ginger was a cloudy-pulpy-challenge due to its inherent lack of solubility. It can be questioned if many ginger ales even contain significant amounts of real ginger ingredient or just engineered "ginger flavor." The beverages that do contain real ginger almost always have some sedimentary-texture to them offering what many consumers would deem a poor mouth-feel.
Applied Food Sciences addresses this concern by offering beverage formulators a 100% organic highly water soluble ginger extract. PurGinger is a powdered organic ginger extract that provides an excellent sensory experience while being highly water soluble and clear in solution. It has no sediments, pulp, and no residual texture.
Using an extract instead of a raw ginger root also provides benefits in cost and social responsibility, the company said. The price of incorporating a small amount of an extract is far less than that associated with using the whole root. Shipping costs are decreased and so too is the waste from the used byproducts of the raw material. Time is also now cut significantly, AFS claimed.
Discussing its new Pur-C ingredient, AFS said it aimed to provide the industry with a naturally sourced, organic vitamin C extract.
While vitamin C is naturally found in citrus fruits, green vegetables and tomatoes, the company said most vitamin C used for supplements and beverages is actually synthetically derived. Artificial vitamin C has become the industry norm mostly because of the known challenges in extracting it from natural sources. While citrus fruits contain high levels of this ingredient in their raw form, AFS said the extractable amounts to be applied as a natural ingredient are typically neither potent enough nor soluble enough to be used as a commercially viable option in products.
The key to Pur-C is its source: Amla (or organic gooseberry). While other citrus fruits and vegetables contain vitamin C, Amla contains up to 20 times more vitamin C. Pur-C organic vitamin C extract is standardized at 25% vitamin C. The extract is also highly water soluble and clear in formulation making it a solution for beverages that are looking to stay purely organic. The company said 120mg of Pur-C organic vitamin C extract is considered an excellent source of vitamin C according to the FDA's RDIs.
