Natural Mushroom Extract
Chaucer Foods is Europe's leading producer and supplier of Natural Mushroom Extract, which is used in a variety of convenience foods including liquid and dehydrated soups, sauces and stocks & bouillons.
Natural Mushroom Extract is produced by spray drying concentrated mushroom juice that has been enhanced using Maillard Reaction technology. It has been spray dried onto a non GMO, low dextrose-equivalent maltodextrin. It is a versatile raw material that can be used to:
1. Provide a fresh authentic mushroom taste and aroma.
2. Enhance the flavour of other raw materials with which
it is used.
Used by leading convenience food producers, flavour houses and seasoning manufacturers, Natural Mushroom Extract is a versatile raw material for many savoury food applications.
Chaucer Food's unique concentration and flavour standardisation process ensures that Natural Mushroom Extract represents an economic and consistent alternative to air dried mushroom powder.
Why NATURAL extract?
Chaucer food's Natural Mushroom Extract is derived from pure mushroom juice and contains no added flavours or flavour enhancers.
The variety of mushroom used to produce Natural Mushroom Extract is 'Champignon de Paris' which is well known for its superior flavour profile. Chaucer Food's factory is situated in the centre of one of Europe's major growing areas, in the Loire Valley in France.
Natural Mushroom Extract is used in a wide variety of dry savoury convenience foods including soups, sauces, bouillons, stocks, recipe dishes and ready meals.
Usage rate will vary depending on type of application and flavour requirement. Typical usage rate in a dehydrated mushroom soup is 5%.
1kg of Natural Mushroom Extract is equivalent to around 14kg of fresh mushroom.
Natural Mushroom Extract is a light brown, fine powder, which dissolves easily in hot or cold water.
What solids content?
Natural Mushroom Extract contains around 45% pure mushroom dry solid.
The moisture content of Natural Mushroom Extract is 4%.
What flavour profile?
Natural Mushroom Extract represents a source of authentic, high quality mushroom flavour and aroma, similar to freshly cooked mushrooms, with good impact and sustainability.
Natural Mushroom Extract also has strong flavour enhancing properties. This is because the amino acid profile of Natural Mushroom Extract is high in qlutamic acid. Mushroom is a well-known source of naturally occurring MSG.
What declaration?
Natural Mushroom Extract provides a natural source of mushroom content and aroma, whose mushroom fraction is declarable as 'Mushroom' on end product ingredient declarations.
The other component present is Maltodextrin.
Natural Mushroom Extract is certified free of genetically modified organisms.
What packaging?
Natural Mushroom Extract is packed in 25kg cardboard cartons. It can also be supplied in 500kg 'big bags' for bulk applications.
What shelf life?
Natural Mushroom Extract has a shelf life of 2 years when packed in original packaging at room temperature in cool dry conditions.
Europe's leading producer of Natural Mushroom Extract.
Expertise and technical resources focused on mushroom.
Supplier to many leading-edge food producers.
Commitment to quality.
Producer of complimentary ingredients such as freeze
dried vegetables.
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