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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.
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.
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.
