Anthocyanins 101
What are Anthocyanins? Anthocyanin is an umbrella term for a group of pigments that are primarily found in fruits and vegetables. Every type of anthocyanin has a different shade which changes according to the pH of the applications it’s used in. Anthocyanins are best suited to low pH applications, giving off a variety of shades. […]
All you need to know about Caramels
Burnt Sugar is a caramelised sugar syrup produced through the controlled heating of food sugars without the addition of other ingredients/additives. The Maillard reaction caramelised the starches contained in sugar and produces the brown colour and caramel flavour. Plant-Ex offers a large range of caramels that can be used for multiple applications serving different purposes. […]
The best ingredients to use for Sports Nutrition
Did you know that we provide Colours, Top note flavours, Extracts and FPS for Sports nutrition? Yes, we do! If you’re looking to attract all the athletes and healthy lifestylers on your side check our top ingredients to win them over! COLOURS Years of experience in the natural colours sector, combined with a development team […]
The Ultimate Ingredients Guide for Valentine
The ingredient guide for a delicious and romantic Valentine. Plant-Ex has always been up to challenges, making ingredients for every occasion, holiday and season with the help of our R&D team this year we are presenting a valentine edition with colours that will give a romantic vibe to your products, flavours that will bring love […]
Cost and Risk Reduction through the use of extracts instead of raw herbs/spices
Until 2021, arguably the most cost effective means of achieving, for example, a black pepper taste into a food product was to add ground black pepper into the mixture. Dehydrated and heat treated, the majority microbial risk would be mitigated, and the processing cost minimised. This, coupled with low cost international freight rates – most […]
The ingredients guide to a perfect Christmas
2022 Christmas is a year away, but you need to get ready from now. Have you thought about the colours you will include? How about the flavours and extracts? Have you thought about how to protect those products and extends their shelf life? Don’t panic, this guide will help you get ideas and show you […]
Cost reduction through Top Note Flavour matching – letting science take the strain!
The Top Note Flavours division has been quietly growing over the past five years investing into the technical resources of the laboratories and continuing the development of our portfolio. We are quite clear in our understanding of our position that we do not stand in the same league as one of the Global top five […]
What is the difference between Natural Colours and Colouring Foodstuffs?
Food colours are used to restore, enhance and differentiate food products in a wide variety of applications. Creating eye-catching products is key to standing out in an ever-growing marketplace. With consumers increasingly more health-focused and knowledgeable about food labelling and artificial ingredients, there has been a strong uptake in the use of Clean-Label, natural plant […]
Our distributor in Spain
About 4 years ago Alifarma became our official distributor in Spain. Here is an interview we held recently that will allow you to know them better. Can you tell us a bit about the story behind Alifarma? How did the company start?Alifarma was established in 1988 as an independent company within the Pintaluba Group, selling […]
Our partner in Pakistan
Plant-Ex’s is now in Pakistan This is our interview with our official distributor in Pakistan Foodients’s CEO Anwaar Hussain. Talk to us a bit about Foodients? How was the company founded? The idea behind it was simple, it was the merge of the two words of food and ingredients. I wanted to provide a healthy […]
