As a trusted partner in food and beverage applications, Hibiscus Solutions has locally based industry specialists to support you in ingredient and process applications, nutrition, procurement, quality assurance, supply chain development and more.
Hibiscus Solution’s food and nutrition specialists work closely with their customers to provide tailor-made solutions for their specific needs. If you are looking to give your brand a unique identity, sourcing the right combination of high-performance ingredients to fit into your production line doesn’t need to be challenging if you have the Hibiscus Solutions team beside you.
Whether you are looking to scale up a new idea, improve the performance of a product, review your ingredients pricing or something else related to a food product, our team of qualified and industry-trained professionals work in an open and collaborative way with clients and principal supply partners to provide the best possible solutions.
Nutrition & Wellbeing
Hibiscus Solutions provides ingredient solutions for the growing global need for allergen reduction, plant-based nutrition, prebiotics, probiotics, vitamin and mineral enrichment.
The term well-being was coined in the 1960s and it mostly referred to exercise and fitness. In the 1980s well-being spread into the workplace to cover what we know today as health and safety. Since then, the term well-being has been broken into categories with nutrition being closely linked to physical and mental well-being.
Increasingly, well-being has been considered a holistic term – one where all stakeholders are involved in the growth, manufacturing, supply and consumption of food, as well as meeting environmental, cultural, dietary and nutritional considerations. Hibiscus Solutions have partnerships in both the supply and customer chain where global well-being is a priority.
Taste & Colour
The consumer’s journey with food and beverages starts with how your food looks – The role of colour is crucial in our perception of what a food or beverage will taste like. Before we get to aroma and taste, based on how our food looks, we have decided if we will like what we are about to eat.
While there is debate in the science world about what percentage of our taste comes from smell, it is agreed that the aroma of food is a dominant factor of what we actually taste.
Whether we are eating for enjoyment or are more focused on our well-being, great flavour enhances the experience of food.
Our product range is not limited to but does include ethically sourced vanilla, innovative spice extracts, dehydrated vegetables, yeast extracts, flavour ingredients, sweeteners and inclusions.
Texture & Structure
There are many words that can be used to describe the texture of food – firm, soft, juicy, crisp, pulpy or smooth to name a few. The way food feels in your mouth along with smell and taste is fundamental in determining the overall flavour of the food. Careful formulation, understanding of procedures, shelf life and consumption parameters will give food the right mouthfeel during consumption and the correct texture from production to the end of shelf life.
Hibiscus Solutions offers traditional and clean label hydrocolloids, functional native starches, flours, fibres, emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners, enzymes, and cultures that help to build and maintain texture requirements through the entire life cycle of a product.
Performance & Shelf Life
Reducing food waste and valorisation of by-products are important considerations for all food manufacturers. The use of enzymes can improve yields and create profitable new avenues for growth. The use of natural antioxidants, acidulates or hydrocolloids can protect valuable nutrients and ensure food safety throughout the supply chain and shelf life. Hibiscus Solutions have partnerships with industry experts who can advise on optimising processes to boost performance and productivity.
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