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Modified tapioca starches

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Why Culinar Prima?

► Culinar Prima represents a new range of excellent starches especially developed to meet the requirements from the food industry producing priceworthy everyday products.

► The Culinar prima starches make it possible to combine cost-efficiency with good performance.

► Culinar Prima is a good alternative in fruit preparations, soups/sauces and tomato based sauces.

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Why tapioca starch from Thailand?

► Thailand is the largest producer of tapioca starch with the capacity of over 2 million tons annually.

► Most advanced production technology, the Thai tapioca starch is known for its high quality at competitive prices.

► The Thai tapioca starch has a special quality:

► white and shiny

► transparent in water under heating

► no smell, taste or colour

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Culinar Prima – Production

► The products have been developed in cooperation with local factory in Thailand (the largest single tapioca starch plant in Asia), with long production history (established in 1947), producing super high quality tapioca starches (440 000 metric tons of native starch per year).

► Culinar Prima are produced exclusively for Culinar.

► Extensive receiving control before shipment.

► Audit of the Thai production plant has been made in the begining of cooperation.

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Applications

► Tomato sauces – Culinar Prima is an excellent choice for producing tomato sauces and ketchups.

► Fruit preparations - for valuable everyday fruit preparations Culinar Prima are good alternative products delivering high viscosity and an appetizing surface.

► Soups/sauces – this market segment covers products whose characteristics vary widely but with using of Culinar Prima the end product will get a clear, smooth and pleasant mouth feel.

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Type of products

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Modified tapioca starch

Product name Modification

Culinar Prima 320 E 1422

Culinar Prima 330 E 1414

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Performance

► The same dosage like similar products based on waxy maize.

► Smooth and shiny surface.

► Short texture.

► Neutral in taste.

► Good process tolerance.

► Good storage stability.

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Packaging material

► 25 kg paper bag on pallets

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Culinar Prima 320

► Tapioca starch for ketchup application –

laboratory evaluation

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Laboratory evaluation of Culinar Prima 320 (E1422) compared with waxy maize starch (E1422)

► Recipe (Czech standard):

► 19% Tomato pureé (37°Brix)

► 3,2% Modified starch

1. sample: Waxy maize starch (E1422) = Referent sample 2.sample: Culinar Prima 320

► Used acidifier: 19% vinegar

► Production process: all ingredience mixed by hand mixer into smooth homogenous matter. Cook while stirring till 85°C, packaging.

► Used device: Thermomix (Vorwerk)

► Time: 5 min from begining to attain 85°C and let another 5 min, while stirring

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Evaluation: 5 days after laboratory production, storage in room temperature

► 1. sample: Waxy maize starch (E1422)= Referent sample

► 2. sample: Culinar Prima 320

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Evaluation:

► Microscopic evaluation: According to these pictures the both samples are well cooked

► Sensoric analysis: ketchup with thicker consistency

► 1.sample – Waxy maize starch E1422 (referent sample) – shiny smooth consistency, no water releasing

► 2.sample – Culinar Prima 320 – in comparison with referent sample less shiny, smoother consistency in a close view but very similar in general, no water releasing

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Recipe of less viscous ketchup:

► 14,5% Tomato pureé (36°Brix)

► 2,3% Modified starch

1.sample: Waxy maize (E1422) = Referent sample

2.sample: Culinar Prima 320

► Used acidifier: citric acid

► Production process: all ingredience mixed by hand mixer into smooth homogenous matter. Cook while stirring till 85°C, packaging.

► Used device: Thermomix (Vorwerk)

► Time: 5 min from begining to attain 85°C, and let another 5 min while stirring

► Evaluation: 5 days after laboratory production, storage in room temperature

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Evaluation: 5 days after laboratory production, storage in room temperature

► 1. sample: Waxy maize starch (E1422)= Referent sample

► 2. sample: Culinar Prima 320

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Evaluation:

► Microscopic evaluation: According to these pictures the both samples are well cooked

► Sensoric analysis: ketchup with thinner consistency

1.sample – Waxy maize (E1422 = referent sample) – shiny thinner smooth consistency, no water releasing

2.sample – Culinar Prima 320 – the same shine with referent sample and the same consistency, no water releasing

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Final evaluation:

► Next step of testing: observation of all mentioned samples stored in room temperature and final evaluation after 9 months

► Results: There is no water releasing and no consistency change in tested samples of Culinar Prima 320 in both tested recipes - it means all samples correspond to referent sample with waxy maize starch content

► This product is very convenient for use in ketchup application

and gives similar product compare with waxy maize starch.

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Thank you for your attention

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