NOVATION® rice starches

Discover Ingredion’s functional clean label rice starches

NOVATION®  Lumina Rice starches

When it comes to launching a new food product achieving the perfect texture is key. Now, with our NOVATION Lumina waxy rice starches, you can create delicious products with indulgent textures that stay rich and creamy over their shelf-life. Our innovative new rice starches offer enhanced texture stability in foods and perform well even in the most demanding processing conditions.

They are particularly suited for challenging applications such as high brix or high in protein foods. With medium to high process tolerance our functional clean label rice starches place the power in your hands to create the perfect textures – rich, creamy and indulgent – and the all-important clean label.

Meet the demand for clean label products 

According to the latest research, consumers perceive rice-based ingredients as very clean and simple.  NOVATION Lumina starches allow manufacturers to meet the growing demand for clean label foods in Europe by helping them to create products with a preferred “rice starch” label.

Our clean label ingredients are produced from a variety of different bases, such as corn, potato, and tapioca. Rice starch is a powerful addition to our extensive range, allowing us to meet the diverse needs of our customers and the ever increasing expectations of consumers.

Ingredion’s NOVATION® portfolio offers the broadest choice of functionalities of any portfolio of clean label starches on the market. Providing low to high process tolerance and texture stability over shelf-life, these products are available in organic varieties and as cook-up or cold water swelling starches.

With unrivalled expertise in clean label formulation spanning over 20 years, CULINOLOGY® capability and in-depth technical knowledge, Ingredion is the go-to company for new clean label product development as well as recipe reformulation.

Create delicious food with our rice starches

Features:

  • Waxy rice based
  • High or moderate process tolerance
  • Gluten-free
  • Naturally small granule size
  • Label declaration: rice starch
  • Suitable for colour and flavour sensitive applications

Benefits:

  • Excellent texture stability over shelf-life
  • Helps create rich and creamy textures
  • Helps create clean and simple labels that consumers prefer
  • Enables a smooth transition from modified starches to a clean label solution
  • Offers higher shelf life stability than waxy maize or tapioca-based solutions
  • Enables a quick switch from modified starches to a clean label solution
  • Suited for challenging applications (e. g. high brix or high protein foods in frozen, refrigerated or ambient storage)
  • Supports a “natural” positioning
Custard in a saucepan with whisk

The perfect clean label custard

Deliver a delicious strawberry fruit prep with superior texture stability over shelf-life and a clean "rice" label declaration.

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Two glasses of yoghurt with red fruit and granola

Indulgent fruit preparation for dairy desserts

Deliver a delicious strawberry fruit prep with superior texture stability over shelf-life and a clean "rice" label declaration.

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