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SweliteTM
PEA FIBRE

A naturally sourced ingredient, SWELITE™ is an insoluble internal pea fibre obtained from yellow peas by using a gentle process. SWELITE™ pea fibre has a special capacity to bind water which brings significant sensory qualities improvement.

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Food industries are facing many challenges related to the manufacturing processes or to the recipe itself, even more in the savoury and bakery sectors. Our ranges of SWELITE™ pea fibre represent essentials solutions to provide industry players with functional performances for:

 

  • Processability improvement: reduce stickiness, adding cohesiveness, shape stability during cooking, yield improvement and cost reduction, offering good product to consumers in terms of taste and visual
  • Texture improvement to provide juicier texture and better experience during tasting of savoury products thanks to water migration management

Naturally extracted from yellow pea, SWELITE™ is a sustainable source of insoluble fibres. The gentle process used for extraction guarantees preservation of all the properties of our pea fibre. Our ingredient is free-from allergen, gluten, dairy and lactose. It is also guaranteed non-GMO.

THE BENEFITS OF SWELITE™

Functional

 

  • Easy to use
  • Water and fat holding capacity
  • Texture and yield improvement

Sustainable

 

  • Non-GMO
  • Naturally extracted from yellow pea
  • Local sourcing

SWELITE™ C AND SWELITE™ F: TWO FIBROUS PEA SOLUTIONS

COSUCRA offers two SWELITE™ references distinguishable by their different functionalities and physical characteristics:

 

  • SWELITE™ C with a high-water holding capacity and water and fat binding capacity

 

  • SWELITE™ F with a good water holding capacity suitable for injections

SWELITE™ C: A coarse fibre for most of (Plant-Based) Savoury

SWELITE™ C pea fibre is the perfect easy-to-use functional solutions to get a tasty and stable product thanks to its high-water holding capacity (WHC), its water and fat binding capacity, and its improvement on texture and mouthfeel. It is a real advantage during the process and storage thanks to its density, so it is easy to mix and store, release low dust. With thicker grain size and no off-note, SWELITE™ C is positioned in restructured products, or containing larger components. It can be used in food applications like:

 

  • Meats and meats alternatives. Go to our market
  • Fresh meat
  • Chicken nuggets and kiev’s
  • Meat fillings
  • Fish product
  • Sauces. 
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ingredient Swelite C Nuggets

SWELITE™ F: A FINE FIBRE FOR MEAT AND MORE

SWELITE™ F is the perfect solution to get a stable product with good, processed conditions thanks to its fine particles size, its good water holding capacity, its oil holding capacity, and its good gel strength.

With a grain size adapted to certain specificities or salt application, such as for injection brines, we find SWELITE™ F in these applications:

 

  • Injected meats learn more about this application
  • Injected poultry
  • Cheese and fruit fillings
  • Cheese alternatives.
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ingredient Swelite F Ham

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SWELITE™ pea fibre ingredient’s brochure

SWELITE™ is an insoluble pea fibre with competitive benefits. By bringing sensory properties and quality nutrients, SWELITE™ is the performing solution for most of savoury applications, dairy specialties and bakery fillings.

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COSUCRA corporate brochure

COSUCRA believes in the future of food. We are commited to promote a modern, healthy and sustainable nutrition by concentrating the benefits of nature in easy-to-use, integrated solutions that respect consumer choices.

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