Food & Beverage Colours
The colour of your food plays a key role which should stimulate the consumer’s appetite. Right? Now imagine eating or drinking something that is dull and has no appeal, no vibrancy, and is not appetising or attractive… Therefore, colour is often the first element you will notice in the appearance of a food product. You, […]
Viscogel
Viscogel is a modified maize starch (E1422) that is manufactured by Hexus who carries HACCP and ISO 22000 food safety certification and is distributed by Bragan Ingredients throughout Africa. It is extremely versatile and can be utilised in many Food applications as a thickening agent, stabilizer, emulsifier, or disintegrant. Viscogel has high stability against, acid, […]
Maize Starch
Maize starch is a food additive (E1404) that also belongs to the group of Native starches like potato starch, wheat starch, and tapioca-rice starch. It is also known as Corn starch, Corn flour, and Maizena (a popular South African household ingredient used for the thickening of sauces and soups). This type of starch is white […]
Sugar, spice and everything nice…
During the Middle Ages, Sugar was considered a rare, expensive spice, rather than an everyday condiment. Sugar is a sweet-flavoured ingredient, used in a variety of food and drinks around the world since ancient times. This sweetener has become a favourite in almost every household. It’s hard to find someone who isn’t a fan–we know […]
Potassium Sorbate
Widely used as a preservative in foods, beverages & personal care products. Used in: apple cider baked goods canned fruits and vegetables cheeses dried meats dried fruit ice cream pickles soft drinks and juices wine yogurt E202 prolongs the shelf life of foods and beverages by stopping the growth of mould, yeast, fungi, and […]
Sodium Diacetate
Also called Sodium Di Acetate, is a free-flowing, acidic sodium salt, widely used as a food flavouring. It is a crystalline compound made up of equal parts of sodium acetate and acetic acid, which imparts a vinegar flavour. The sodium acetate crystal lattice locks in the free acetic acid molecules until the compound is broken […]
Caramel Colour
Our caramel colours are a widely used food colorant which imparts marvelous colour to numerous foods and beverages. The colourant is also water-soluble. Caramel colour is one of the oldest and most widely used food colourings for enhancing natural colours or correcting natural variations in colours which are lost during food processing and storage. […]