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
Master the Texture EquationSM
Backed by our comprehensive consumer insights and deep-seated expertise in food and sensory science, Ingredion has the winning solutions to ensure your products deliver the perfect texture and unrivaled eating experiences that stand out among the competition. Crispy and crunchy, silky and smooth — and everything in between — we’ve got you covered.
Design your custom coating system at our Batters and Breadings Center of Excellence
Access our complete range of starches, hydrocolloids, dextrins and pulse proteins 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.
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.
Discover golden potential in batters and breadings
Download our research infographic to explore trends and opportunities for creating in-demand coated products.
Meat, seafood and poultry
Leverage our in-demand portfolio of ingredient solutions and formulating expertise for your meat, seafood and poultry products.
Ready meals
Reinvent ready meals to achieve the sensory experience and labels consumers love.
Let’s make your goals a reality
Agile collaboration. Deep formulation expertise. Broad portfolio of in-demand ingredients. Market research and consumer insights. Let’s make your goals a reality.