Baby food rice starches exceed market standards

BENEO is setting the standard for baby food rice starch with its new range of products, available worldwide from May 2013. Ideal for use in fruit- and vegetable-based jarred baby food, the baby food rice starch line exceeds today’s stringent market and regulatory standards, offering manufacturers the ultimate in functional rice ingredients for jarred baby food applications.

Assessment of production processes, including extensive testing show the company’s baby food rice starch to meet and exceed industry and regulatory requirements. The new line also offers a wide variety of nutritional and technical benefits to manufacturers. The naturally sourced texturiser qualifies for hypoallergenic, clean label, organic, as well as non-GMO products. Test trials have shown that vegetable- and fruit-jarred  baby food with this new rice starch have improved product stability in terms of viscosity, syneresis control and shelf-life.  In addition, the ingredient’s small particle size creates  a creamy texture  without  any  effect  on  the  end  product’s  taste  or  colour. Rice is also highly digestible and consequently well-suited for baby food applications. 

Pierre Donck, product manager, Rice Derivatives at BENEO, says, “With a strong heritage  in  rice  starches, BENEO rice derivatives are used worldwide as hypoallergenic texturisers from nature toAir Jordan