Specialty starches & expert support

From crunchy to creamy and everything in between, there’s no one solution to texture challenges. With an extensive, comprehensive portfolio of functional starches, Tate & Lyle’s leading food scientists can help you achieve a craveable texture in a broad range of applications with the right process resistance and shelf life.

Find your solution

The right solutions to texture challenges

Tate & Lyle’s portfolio of specialty starches provides functional, science-backed solutions to a wide variety of texture challenges at the right cost-in-use.

Thickeners
Gelling agents
Emulsifiers
Film formers
Functional powders
Bulking materials

Applications

Soups, Sauces & Dressings

Develop viscosity and a set texture in dressings and dips
Maintain product stability during shelf life
Enhance creaminess in low-fat versions of customer favorites

Solutions:

MIRA-CLEER^® Starch
REZISTA^® Starch
MAXI-GEL^® Starch

Bakery & Snacks

Retain moisture and extend shelf-life in cakes, muffins and pastries
Improve the texture of cookies and biscuits
Create an appetizing appearance for finished snack products

Solutions:

TENDER-GEL^® Starch
X-PAND-R^® Starch

Dairy

Add creamy texture, uniform viscosity and improved mouthfeel for low or non-fat products
Replace gelatin, stabilize emulsions and enhance water binding in a variety of dairy-based foods

Solutions:

REZISTA^® Starch
CLARIA BLISS
MAXI-GEL^® Starch
THIN-N-THIK^® Starch
TENDERFIL^® Starch

Applications

Soups, Sauces & Dressings

Develop viscosity and a set texture in dressings and dips
Maintain product stability during shelf life
Enhance creaminess in low-fat versions of customer favorites

Solutions:

MIRA-CLEER^® Starch
REZISTA^® Starch
MAXI-GEL^® Starch

Bakery & Snacks

Retain moisture and extend shelf-life in cakes, muffins and pastries
Improve the texture of cookies and biscuits
Create an appetizing appearance for finished snack products

Solutions:

TENDER-GEL^® Starch
X-PAND-R^® Starch

Dairy

Add creamy texture, uniform viscosity and improved mouthfeel for low or non-fat products
Replace gelatin, stabilize emulsions and enhance water binding in a variety of dairy-based foods

Solutions:

REZISTA^® Starch
CLARIA BLISS
MAXI-GEL^® Starch
THIN-N-THIK^® Starch
TENDERFIL^® Starch

Complete texture support at every step

Expert guidance

Access insights from a dedicated texture science and support team
Address market trends – like plant-based, clean label and sugar- and fat-reduced products – with innovation
Get personalized support to find the right mouthfeel solution

Marketplace leadership

Tate & Lyle continues to invest in plants, quality, and supply chain security, so you’ll get what you need when you need it
We help you navigate technical requirements for a quick development turnaround
Nutritionists and market experts provide necessary insight to position your product as a leader in the marketplace

Clean-label support

Access our ongoing ingredient reputation and consumer preference studies and get regulatory guidance on your innovations
Our versatile range of CLARIA^® Functional Clean-Label Starches label simply as “starch,” are non-GM and have similar functionality and process tolerance as modified starches

^* The applicability of label claims, health claims and the regulatory and intellectual property status of our ingredients varies by jurisdiction. You should obtain your own advice regarding all legal and regulatory aspects of our ingredients and their usage in your own products to determine suitability for their particular purposes, claims, freedom to operate, labeling or specific applications in any particular jurisdiction. This product information is published for your consideration and independent verification. Tate & Lyle accepts no liability for its accuracy or completeness.

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