Products: Exquina™

Exquina™ is a food additive made of all natural plant ingredients. It can be used in a variety of applications such as emulsification, bulking, thickening and binding. Exquina™ opens up many opportunities for food and beverage companies to improve product quality and develop new offerings.

Composed of all-natural, FDA-approved plant ingredients made in a patent-pending process, Exquina™ provides multiple advantages over current agents:

• Highly viscous and stable over large ranges of temperatures, ionic strength, salinity, and pH
• Resists clumping when hydrated
• 100% derived from plants with no animal-sourced components
• Resistant to Amylase
• No preservatives, no dyes
• Made from dependable supply sources and has relatively stable pricing compared to alternative products such as sodium caseinate or gum arabica

One major advantage of Exquina™ is its near-instantaneous swelling upon exposure to water, even at 4°C. Within 2-5 minutes, Exquina™ reaches its peak viscosity and maintains it for days. This unique characteristic renders Exquina™ applicable to ready-to-serve food items where ease of use and stability are critical.

Key benefits of Exquina™ include:

• Absorbs over 50x its weight in liquid rapidly, and thus is an effective bulking agent
• Improves mouth feel and can be used as a fat substitute
• Enhances flavor by holding together heterogeneous blends
• Reduces color degradation from frost bleaching in frozen products
• Prevents phase separation and crystallization in frozen products

Exquina™’s unique properties and performance characteristics provide manufacturers of food products with the unusual opportunity to simultaneously reduce product costs while also enhancing consumer value.