Functional native starches
Signal quality with clean labels
Clean labels are becoming increasingly important to consumers as their focus on health and wellness continues to grow. People want to know exactly what’s going into their food. That’s why you need simple recipes, with ingredients they recognize and trust.
As the pioneer in clean label ingredients, Ingredion offers the broadest range of specialty clean label starch solutions available. Having identified the clean label trend in its infancy, we can help you get the functionality you seek while offering the natural, organic and recognizable ingredient options consumers demand.
How can functional native starch give me the performance I need and the eating experiences consumers want — all with a clean label?
Our broad portfolio of NOVATION® functional native starches can bring you the process tolerance, textural qualities and stability benefits of modified starch with the advantage of a clean and simple ingredient listing. The functional native starches label according to their base descriptions, such as “corn starch,” “tapioca starch,” rice starch,” and “potato starch” — all familiar and trusted ingredients.
- Made with revolutionary processing technology
- Over 35 different NOVATION ® functional clean label starches available to help you formulate on-trend products rich in texture and taste
- Perfect for everything from frozen meals and refrigerated dressings to shelf-stable bakery fillings and challenging applications like dairy desserts, salad dressings and more
- Always non-GMO with certified organic functional native starch options
Whatever your clean label challenge, we are here to help. From regulatory and formulation expertise to consumer insights and cost savings — Ingredion’s teams of technical and market experts can provide you with the solutions you need — with unapparelled efficiency and cost savings — so you can push past the expected.
Find all functional native starches
Choose from our range of functional native starches that deliver textural qualities and processing stability with the significant benefit of clean labels
What is clean label?
Ingredion’s definiton of clean label is based on customer and consumer insights. This definition supports:
Free from additives
Remove or replace food additives
A simple ingredient listing
Choose recognizable ingredients that don’t sound like they’re artificial or contain chemicals
Minimally processed
Process foods using traditional techniques that are understood by consumers and not perceived as being artificial
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
Explore functional 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.
NOVATION(R) Lumina functional native starches
Meet consumer demand for clean labels without compromising flavor, color, texture or performance
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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, NOVATION functional native starches 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.