NOVATION® functional native starches
Process tolerant, clean label texturizers
Formulate food and beverages with ingredients consumers accept, expect and prefer
People want to know exactly what’s going into their food and beverages. That’s why you need to develop products containing the clean label ingredients consumers recognize and trust. Formulating additive-free, “natural” food with consumer-preferred ingredients to drive appeal inside and out can bring commercial and technical challenges.
How can you meet consumer demand for natural* clean label food and beverages without compromising flavor, color, texture and performance?
Look to Ingredion for a full continuum of clean label functional starches to replace ingredients perceived as undesirable in existing products and develop new products while meeting your complex functionality and manufacturing needs. With NOVATION® functional native starches, you get the texture and process tolerance offered by a modified starch — and the simpler ingredient listing consumers favor.
Our portfolio of more than 35 clean label NOVATION® functional native starches made from waxy maize, waxy rice, tapioca and potato enables you to:
- Dairy, yoghurts, desserts
- Soups, sauces and dressings
- Frozen/Refrigerated ready meals and sides
- Fillings, fruit and vegetable preps
- Alternative meat and dairy products
- Baby food and meals
- Bakery and snacks
- Pet food
- Beverages
Get started with Ingredion starches
Maximize the flexibility of your food products with an ingredient that performs in a range of applications. Starch is an essential part of refrigerated, frozen and shelf-stable foods, not to mention a major component of industrial applications.
Starches
Enhance your food and beverage formulations with Ingredion's starches. Achieve premium texture and taste while meeting consumer preferences for affordability.
Create indulgent textures, improve nutrition and drive revenue
Enhance the texture and mouthfeel in foods to increase indulgence, improve quality, drive revenue, provide superior stability and have a high process tolerance with NOVATION® Indulge co-texturizing starches.
Formulate consumer-preferred, clean label products
- Baby food and baked goods
- Soups, sauces and dressings
- Dairy, fillings and fruit preparations
- Alternative meat and dairy products
- Frozen ready meals and sides
- Beverages
- Pet food
Documented non-GMO
Get the assurance of non-GMO quality worldwide. We’ve built a trusted supply chain for ingredients that are verified by the U.S.-based Non-GMO Project. And that’s not all. Our decade-old TRUETRACE® program also tracks NOVATION® ingredients every step of the way.
Clean label expertise and industry-changing ingredient solutions
As the pioneer in clean label ingredients, we make it our business to understand what consumers want from their food and beverages so we can help you overcome challenges and prioritize your product renovation and new product development efforts.
Featured ingredients
Functional native starches
Clean labels go hand-in-hand with quality food products. Our clean label functional native starches can be added to simple ingredient listings because they're naturally derived without any chemical modification.
This line of non-GMO and minimally processed starches provides texture and stability in formulations like sauces, soups, and baked goods.
Modified starches
Modified starches are altered to enhance their functional properties and maximize stability both on the shelf and in the freezer.
Depending on the type of food product, benefits can include enhanced thickening, gelling, and freeze-thaw stability.
Additionally, starches are an essential part of creating quality textures, such as consistency and sheen.
Specialty starches
Looking for a specific type of starch? Along with our traditional starches, Ingredion also offers specialty starch ingredients to perfect your formulations and labels.
Tapioca starch
Tapioca starch is a gluten-free ingredient derived from the cassava root and has a neutral taste.
Particularly useful in gluten-free products, it provides a chewy texture in baked goods and a clear, glossy finish in sauces.
Potato starch
Ingredion's potato starch is extracted from non-GMO potatoes and has a high amylose content, making it easily digested.
It's used both for binding and moisture retention while creating a smooth, creamy texture.
Rice starch
Consumers generally regard rice starch as a health ingredient because it's both hypoallergenic and easily digestible.
Rice starch has a smooth texture and adds stability to emulsified formulations like baby foods and sauces.
Pea starch
Pea starch, derived from yellow peas, is a popular ingredient for clean label claims.
It's rich in amylose and protein, making it an excellent additive for brands creating plant-based and high-protein products
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*Manufacturers should consult regulations specific to all target markets. Of the countries that had provisions in place to regulate the term 'natural' in May 2019, these products meet criteria of a natural food ingredient in the UK, France, Ireland, and associated EU legislation, and the global ISO Technical Specification (ISO/TS 19657).
This information is intended to support the efforts of our customers to develop and implement an appropriate labeling strategy for products containing Ingredion’s products. In all respects, the ultimate decisions on how to identify claims on food packages and label ingredients on food packages remains with our customers. Ingredion Incorporated and the Ingredion group of companies make no warranty about the accuracy or completeness of the information contained above or the suitability of any of our products for your specific intended use. We urge you to carefully review the relevant regulations and to seek appropriate legal counsel as you determine the labeling requirements applicable to your products.