Company: Tate & Lyle

Website: www.tateandlyle.com

Ingredient Snapshot: Tate & Lyle PLC has achieved Non-GMO Project verification for 18 starch ingredients, including the entire line of CLARIA Functional Clean-Label Starches. The Non-GMO Project is a nonprofit organization committed to preserving and building sources of non-GMO products, educating consumers and providing verified non-GMO choices.

Now, more than ever, consumers are are looking for more options from food and beverage manufacturers that meet their preferences around simpler and easier to understand ingredient lists. In fact, 63% of Americans have consumed non-GMO products in the past year, which represents a 74 percent increase since 2012. The Non-GMO Project verification gives manufacturers and their consumers the assurance that products, such as CLARIA Functional Clean-Label Starches, have completed a comprehensive verification for compliance with the Non-GMO Project Standard.

“In today’s complex food and beverage landscape, consumers want foods that fit their varying lifestyles and choices. Whether it be clean label foods or options with fewer calories, manufacturers need to find ways to rise to the challenge,” said Werner Barbosa, global platform lead, texturants, Tate & Lyle. “We are committed to helping brands create on-trend, extraordinary eating experiences, through simpler ingredients but which also address formulation challenges.

Tate & Lyle’s Non-GMO Project Verified starches provide the functionality to help customers create extraordinary food textures – all while delivering label-friendly options to consumers. The ingredients receiving verification are:

• The entire line of CLARIA Functional Clean-Label Starches which is:
  • CLARIA Elite
  • CLARIA Plus  
  • CLARIA Essential
  • CLARIA  Instant 340
  • CLARIA  Instant 360
  • CLARIA Bliss 560
  • CLARIA Bliss 570
  • CLARIA Bliss 580
• PERMA-FLO NG Starch
• MAXI-GEL 617 NG Starch
• REZISTA 682 NG Starch
• REZISTA HV NG Starch
• REZISTA NG Starch
• X-PAND’R 612 NG Starch
• X-PAND’R SC NG Starch
• MIRA-MIST 662 NG Starch
• MIRA-THIK 603 NG Starch: MIRA-THICK^® 603 F NG Starch
• STAR-DRI 10 NG Maltodextrin

These non-GMO starches enable manufacturers not only to address the demand for clean label ingredients, but also to tackle formulation challenges which deliver their texture goals. Texture is often one of the most challenging attributes for formulators to optimize. 
 
For more information on Non-GMO Project verification, visit http://nongmoproject.org. For more information on Tate & Lyle’s texturant solutions, visit http://tateandlyle.com.