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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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