Crispy French Fries

Batters and breadings

Formulate consumer-preferred battered and breaded products

Create consistently crispy textures — and keep consumers coming back

With unmistakable aromas, crispy, crunchy textures and golden-brown hues, battered and breaded food like fries, chicken, fish and vegetables provide tantalizing sensory experiences for consumers — but delivering the ideal texture, taste and appearance every time can be a challenge.

From keeping food crispy longer to improving adhesion or replacing wheat flour for non-GM or gluten-free formulations, our batters and breadings experts have the deep applications expertise and broad portfolio of ingredients needed to create delicious, coated products that perform for consumers and your brand.

Overcome common formulation challenges to create crispy, market-winning food:

  • Customize texture and film-forming characteristics, from light and crispy to dense and crunchy
  • Develop clear coatings without the extra sticking
  • Extend hold time under the heat lamp or in the delivery package
  • Improve solids suspension in batters
  • Enhance coating adhesion to reduce costs and waste 
  • Achieve just-right crisp or crunch with gluten-free ingredients
  • Deliver consistent taste, texture and appearance in fried food

Design your custom coating system at our Batters and Breadings Center of Excellence

Access our complete range of starches, hydrocolloids, dextrins, and pulse proteins and flours to create a customized coating system for your application. Whether you’re troubleshooting an issue remotely or collaborating on-site at our Batters and Breadings Center of Excellence, our experts can help you reformulate and create delicious new products with the right balance of performance, cost and appeal.

Sam Hormel, Principal Technologist, Batters & Breadings
Batters and breadings
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Deliver crispy anywhere it needs to go

Consumers love crispy, fried food, and they expect the same quality from takeout and delivery that they get from dining in. How can QSRs ensure food stays crispy under the heat lamp or in the delivery bag? Download the crispy batters and breadings solutions guide to see how you can deliver crispy every time.

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Discover golden potential in batters and breadings

Download our research infographic to explore trends and opportunities for creating in-demand coated products.

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