The potential for Cerestar's all-natural, noncaloric bulk sweetener is endorsed further as approval for its use in South Africa joins an ever-growing list of key geographic locations worldwide.
An emerging flagship product for global starch producer Cerestar, C*Eridex is already marketed successfully in the USA, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. In addition, confidential talks are currently taking place with major food names across Europe - providing more evidence of its expected global reach.
A high purity crystalline erythritol, C*Eridex is an all-natural non-caloric bulk sweetener produced from starch by fermentation. Erythritol has the advantage of being tooth-friendly and safe for diabetics. It also has additional nutritional advantages: it is non-caloric and due to its unique metabolic behaviour it has an excellent digestive tolerance.
With a taste quality close to sucrose, C*Eridex is moderately sweet with a significant cooling effect. An added bonus is the quantitative and qualitative synergies when C*Eridex is used in combination with intense sweeteners as it improves their taste and mouthfeel.
It is particularly suitable to replace sucrose in applications where crystalline structure is essential as it has a high stability against heat and acid, medium solubility, low hygroscopicity and excellent crystalline properties.
It is equally ideal for use in sugar-free low calorie foods and is predicted to find wide use in the diet food sector - especially sugar-free low calorie foods, diet beverages and sugar-free chewing gum where it provides a softer texture with improved flexibility. Even at use levels as low as 10%, the shelf life and flexibility of gums is prolonged, while the strong cooling effect of fine powder enhances the fresh taste.
In chocolate, C*Eridex allows up to 30% calorie reduction just by using erythritol instead of sucrose, giving non-hygroscopic chocolate with excellent gloss, texture, melting properties, and a pleasant cooling effect. In low or zero calorie drinks such as tea and coffee, C*Eridex adds body and mouthfeel, and it masks bitterness and astringency.
As it is an all-natural product with a number of health benefits, C*Eridex is an ideal ingredient in functional beverages.
Further information can be found by calling Cerestar on +33 (0)141 43 1924/5.
| 
