Kalsec natural colors, spice and herb flavor extracts, and antioxidants can help your snacks look better, taste better, and last longer…naturally. Kalsec has solutions for a variety of applications; including, sweet and savory bars, nuts, seeds, popcorn, chips, crisps and many more.
Kalsec can help formulate your snacks for a clean label while lowering costs compared to higher stability oils. The use of naturally sourced antioxidants in commodity oils is an economical option to replacing the current high oleic oil options while maintaining, or even increasing, oxidative stability. Our liquid extracts can also provide improved storage stability, reduced storage and shipping costs.
Kalsec natural spice and herb extracts allow for consistent color and flavor release, providing taste and sensory solutions for snacks while maintaining a clean label. These ingredients are supported by our extensive sensory and analytical capabilities.
Kalsec naturally sourced ingredients can provide stable alternatives to a wide range of synthetic ingredients. For example, with the increase of clean label demands, many companies are looking to replace BHA/BHT, propyl gallate and TBHQ with natural antioxidants in processed meat products. Learn more about Kalsec naturally sourced antioxidants and our capabilities below.
Nuts contain different amounts of fat with varied fatty acid compositions, so it is important for food manufacturers to understand the oxidative susceptibility of nuts and seeds before adding them to applications like snack bars or trail mix. Kalsec’s naturally sourced antioxidants help reduce off flavors by preventing oxidative rancidity.
Learn more about the fat and fatty acid content of a variety of nuts and Kalsec antioxidants from this white paper: Oxidative Stability of Nuts
In the chart below, sliced almonds were exposed to retail store light, with and without Kalsec antioxidants. Almonds protected by Kalsec Duralox® Oxidation Management Systems saw 78 percent less hexanal (formed when oxidation occurs).
Sliced almonds exposed to retail store light formed 78 percent less hexanal (formed when oxidation occurs) when protected by Kalsec Duralox® Oxidation Management Systems.
Kalsec naturally sourced antioxidants can stabilize both frying oils and fried snacks. In the chart below, an increased hexanal value in the control samples corresponds to increased rancidity in the multigrain chips. Lower hexanal values show improved stability when Herbalox® Rosemary Extracts were used.
Kalsec naturally sourced color extracts contribute intense, clean label colors for many snack applications like chips, crackers and crisps. Many consumers want natural colors that are bold, without sacrificing the products they have come to know through synthetic colors. Tapping into this trend will attract consumers with bold natural sources like paprika, turmeric and carrot that many consumers know while keeping a colorful product that is eye-catching.
Learn more about the trend for shareable natural colors in our Market Insight: Shareable Natural Colors
Some consumers are becoming adventurous when it comes to their snack options. Snacks provide a low-risk opportunity for these consumers to try new and complex flavors. Kalsec can provide complex flavor profiles to bring authentic flavors from around the world to a variety of snack applications.
Learn more with our Market Insight: Global Flavors