Suitable for processed meats, chicken nuggets and ready meals which include meat, the new functional potato starch improves processability and increases water binding for a firmer and juicier texture. NOVATION Uno 190 starch also reduces moisture loss in vacuum packed products to ensure less water is released following refrigerated storage, enhancing succulence and texture stability over shelf-life. 

“For cost-sensitive applications such as processed meats and ready meals, delivering the firmness, chew and importantly, the flavor that consumers love in meats, has long proved a significant challenge for formulators,” explains Davy Luyten, Marketing Manager, at Ingredion EMEA. “With label claims increasingly key in purchasing decisions, manufacturers are also under pressure to ensure their products have consistent quality along with nutritional and clean label benefits to stand out from the crowd. We have developed the NOVATION Uno 190 starch to ensure manufacturers needn’t compromise.

“Our new clean label texturizer is an affordable way to bridge the gap between native potato and other starch solutions currently available on the market. It gives improved processability and increases yields while maintaining the meaty taste, structure and texture consumers want.”

Luyten tells journalist“Novation Uno 190 is a functional native potato starch that can be labeled as ‘starch’ or ‘potato starch’, which is recognizable to consumers. It is not chemically modified and does not have an E-number.” He noted that the company is currently just launching this product in the EMEA region. No potential applications outside of meat type products have been developed at present.

Tests across several products revealed that NOVATION Uno 190 starch fully functionalizes at lower temperatures, in comparison to many other starches currently on the market, to ensure a juicy and flavorful bite even in applications cooked at lower meat core temperatures around 65 to 75°C. The company notes that cooking yield improvement may vary depending on the specific application and use, and so may vary from 20%.

NOVATION Uno 190 starch joins Ingredion’s portfolio of 25+ functional native clean label starches which enable food producers to formulate on-trend, clean label products. With extensive formulation expertise, Ingredion’s team of technical experts and culinologists can help manufacturers develop innovative, new textures and products tailored to consumer preference. From recipe reformulations to processing advice, Ingredion has the right blend of skills, knowledge and expertise to help manufacturers develop their end products to meets the high standards consumers have come to expect.