Interfiber

An interview with Arkadiusz Matraszek, a technologist at Interfiber Research and Development Department. - Fiber in baked goods can be used for a variety of purposes. Some of them are surprising! - By conducting tests in our laboratory, we check various functions of fibers and we can see on specific applications which uses we can recommend to our customers. Recently, we have dealt with the issue of reducing the amount of fat added to baked goods. We checked sweet bakery products, but also bread and buns.

The number of people following a gluten-free diet increases every year. For some, it is a necessity related to food intolerance or celiac disease, for others, a belief in the harmfulness of gluten and following trends. Either way, eliminating gluten-containing products from your diet has many limitations and various consequences.

Global cheese market is growing steadily. Annual production in millions of metric tons is shown on the graph below:

Fiber is a natural product sourced from plants. Not only is it beneficial for our health, but also demonstrates exceptional technological functionality in food processing. We have conducted an interview with Luiz Fernando Guidorizzi, Sales Director for Latin America and Canada in InterFiber, to provide more information about the use of fiber in meat industry.  

Cocoa Fiber CO is a unique product in Interfiber’s offer. It introduces both functional and sensorial benefits to the final application. It can be applied in different industries and different food products, examples of which will be shown in the article below. But what is most important, it is a 100% natural product, that can replace cocoa powder in 1:1 ratio.

  Unifit LS is a unique blend of Unicell Bamboo Fiber BF with sorbic acid. It is dedicated to sliced packed white bread shelf life extension. In order to obtain the expected result of minimal 60 days of usefulness to consumption, the dosage of 2.0% of Unifit LS to flour must be applied*. *To provide the limit of 2000 mg/kg in the final product.  

What do consumers seek in food these days? They surely appreciate short labels and reduced number of additives. They also tend to choose products that are beneficial to their health and therefore they look for ingredients to balance their diets. One such ingredient is food fiber.