Food

Degumming

The process of degumming is applied to crude oil so as to eliminate impurities and make oil edible. 

In this process, phosphoric acid is used which helps in the separation of gums, phospholipids, proteins etc which are otherwise insoluble in oil when hydrated. 

Other advantages include;

• Reduction of oil loss during Alkali refining 
• No discoloration of oil while heating

Our Performance Solution: Chlor Alkali

Coagulation

Coagulation is a process where liquid milk is converted into a more solid form which we call ‘curd’. 

Altura Pro Cal+ is a food additive whose chief functional ingredients are calcium chloride particles. When added to pasteurised skimmed milk, it helps coagulation, increases firmness and replaces calcium lost by heating. 

Altura Pro Cal+ also helps in retaining nutritional value and maintaining freshness and safety. Due to these benefits, it plays a big part in dairy production by integrating and fortifying calcium and barely affects the taste of the product.

Our Performance Solution: Altura Pro Cal+

Clarification

Food-grade phosphoric acid is commonly used for pH control and adjustment in a variety of foods and beverages. 

Our Food grade Phosphoric Acid of 85% purity is primarily used in agriculture for improving the colour and texture of jaggery by removing unwanted sediments from sugarcane juice.

It also acts like an emulsifying agent and is extremely helpful in removing salt scale formations in drip pipes.

Our Performance Solution: Food grade Phosphoric Acid of 85%

Mineral Supplement

Brewing water plays an extremely important part in the production of beer, soda or similar breweries. The mineral content in the brewing water has a significant effect on the flavour of the beer or soda. 

In order to correct mineral deficiencies in the water and make sure that there is uniform taste across all products, no matter where it is brewed, Altura Pro Cal+ can be used as a mineral supplement. 

Our Performance Solution: Altura Pro Cal+

Moisture Retention

Loss of moisture in food products such as seafood and meat is a huge problem.

We have created specific phosphate and non phosphate blends for seafood and meat which help target each one's moisture retention needs through MRA’s. 

In meat, our blend increases solubility of muscle protein and consequently raises the water holding capacity of meat as well as the strength of the meat binding in processed meat products. 

In seafood, our blend can help in retention of moisture for long durations of time, which in turn helps maintain its freshness and juiciness 

Our Performance Solution: Gusto, Pearl

Food Preservation

Products made for food preservation are a huge part of our portfolio. We offer a range of solutions for different types of food and preservation processes. 

We offer phosphate and non phosphate blends as well as MRA’s for seafood and meat products which help in providing; 

• Longer Shelf life
• Preservation of Colour
• Retention of texture and flavour
• Preservation of Nutrients
• Regulation & Food safety

Food items like jam, jellies, sauces, pickles etc. tend to get spoiled due to the presence of water and oxygen. 

Sodium Metabisulphite is added into them to create a layer of SO2 over the food to eat away the free oxygen present on the surface. This prevents micro-organisms growth and spoilage, hence preserving your food over a longer period of time 

We also have Altura Pro Cal+. It is also used in fresh fruits, canned fruits and pickled vegetables to increase firmness and shelf life. 

Our Performance Solution: Gusto, Pearl,Birlasulf SM, Altura Pro Cal+

Leavening Agent

Leavening is an important phenomenon required to provide the characteristic texture of bakery products. 

Phosphates are widely used in the baking industry as a raising agent. We have created a blend of phosphates for baking that can be used with differing rates of reaction to give the desired characteristics for various product applications.

While baking, this helps in;

• Enhancing palatability,
• Controlling crumb pH ‘
• Controlling crumb colour 
• Increased formulation tolerance over yeast products 

Our Performance Solution: Delice

Cheese Processing

Salt plays an extremely important part in the emulsifying and cooking process while making processed cheese

We went on to create emulsifying melting salt blends that provide a wide range of benefits when used in processing cheese.

Our melting salt blend provides; 

Regulation of pH

Emulsification for texture and firmness

Ion Exchange Property for spreadability

Longer shelf life

Our Performance Solution: Corino 

Anti-melanosis

Seafood is an exquisite delicacy which is required to be fresh before being served. Ports are mostly located outside the metropolitan cities due to which there is mostly a time lag of 4-5 days before raw seafood is supplied to restaurants. This causes loss of taste and colour in seafood. 

Sodium Metabisulphite helps the seafood remain fresh and there is minimum change of colour pigments (anti-melanosis) of seafood which delights a seafood lover.

Our Performance Solution: Birlasulf SM

Dough Conditioner

Sodium Metabisulphite is a very useful processing aid to compensate for variation in gluten quality that are encountered from month to month and year to year.

A good bakery product is soft and also retaining the taste of all the ingredients used during baking. Sodium Metabisulphite is added to the initial dough during preparation as a conditioner.it causes the gluten to become more extensible and less elastic and therefore reduces the shrinkage of dough pieces as they are baked.

Our Performance Solution: Birlasulf SM

Wine Preservation

With just about every wine kit comes Potassium Metabisulphite which is used as an additive in wineries.it slows down the aging, i.e., oxidation of wine by removing free oxygen suspended in the wine.

Potassium Metabisulphite is often called a stabilizer because it serves to prevent spoilage and further fermentation by removing oxygen. However, this serves to also preserve the flavour and colour of wine. 

Our Performance Solution: Vintage