The Specialists for Pectin - Herbstreith & Fox
The Specialists for Pectin - Herbstreith & Fox
The Specialists for Pectin - Herbstreith & Fox
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Natural Food Addi tives<br />
are absolutely in line<br />
with consumer wishes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> founder of our company, Hermann<br />
<strong>Herbstreith</strong>, discovered decades ago the<br />
usefulness and multivaried application<br />
potential of pomace, a by-product from<br />
the fruit juice manufacture and discarded<br />
until then. From then on, the undervalued<br />
pomace served as valuable raw<br />
material in the production of apple pectin.<br />
Chemically speaking, pectin is a<br />
macromolecular compound belonging<br />
to the heteropolysaccharides.<br />
<strong>The</strong> main component is<br />
polygalacturonic acid, which is<br />
partially esterified with methanol.<br />
<strong>Pectin</strong> is produced from vegetable raw<br />
material with a high natural pectin content,<br />
such as apple pomace, citrus peels<br />
and beet chips, in a technologically complicated<br />
process.<br />
<strong>The</strong> different raw materials will yield various<br />
amounts of pectin. <strong>The</strong>se pectin<br />
extracts are now specifically processed<br />
in various processes to achieve a number<br />
of different types of pectin with specific<br />
properties.<br />
Which type of pectin will finally be employed<br />
by the user depends largely on<br />
the specific criteria to be met by the<br />
finished product.<br />
<strong>Pectin</strong> is today an indispensable component<br />
in many products, mainly in the food<br />
sector, but also in the non-food sector,<br />
since it is a universally applicable, naturally<br />
gelling, thickening and stabilizing<br />
substance.<br />
Raw Materials which are a Source of <strong>Pectin</strong>:<br />
<strong>Pectin</strong> content<br />
pomace 10-15%<br />
sugar beet chips 10-20 %<br />
citrus peels 20-35 %<br />
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