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Apple Extracts

Herbarom

Herbaswee t

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Great innovations often come from simple ideas –

some of them have received intense customer

attention; for example the replacement of artifi cial

colours with natural colouring foodstuff, healthier

food with fi bre enrichment and using natural fruit

sweeteners instead of refi ned sugars.

Since 1980, the fruit fi bres have been marketed

under the brandname Herbacel®. Since then,

into our product range, we have included several

variations of dietary fi bres with different characte-

ristics tailored for abundant applications.

The apple extract Herbarom® has been one of the

pioneers to colour and fl avour food and bevera-

ges in a natural way. Also, our sweetening app-

le extract – Herbasweet® –, is the market leader

among natural apple sweeteners.

Our success is based on naturalness and sustain-

ability and by the resourceful use of apples and

citrus fruits, we are part of a value chain. Through

exploiting the full potential of renewable raw ma-

terials, we are able to provide high quality, functio-

nal and natural fi bres, fruit sweeteners, colouring

and fl avouring extracts.

For more than 30 years, our company, Herbafood

Ingredients, has earned high recognition from our

customers. To guarantee high quality standards,

we have a qualifi ed team of food technologists

facing the daily challenges of developing innova-

tive and healthy foodstuff.

Dietary fi bres and apple extracts – two elements

for a health-conscious and balanced diet.

Our knowledge will be your advantage. So –

Let’s make food better!

Experience

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Consumer consciousness of natural food ingre-

dients is still increasing. Artifi cial colours / E-Num-

bers on the ingredient list trigger rejection from

customers. Herbarom® is not just a natural alter-

native to colour food but the components of the

apple extract provide additional value to your

product.

Herbarom® is the product of your choice if you

want to set an accent in colour and taste without

having to use isolated colourings or fl avourings.

The intense brown colour is mainly based on the

high content of polyphenols. These nutritionally

valuable secondary plant compounds are attri-

buted to be antioxidants and free radical binders.

The Herbafood Ingredients GmbH is able to gua-

rantee a steady aroma profi le and colour intensi-

ty of Herbarom® through the production process.

The natural apple extract can be used to provide

a colour spectrum from light gold to deep brown.

Herbarom®

fl avouring, colouring and sweetening apple extract

Product characteristics:

• liquid apple extract

• fruity fl avour

• colour spectrum from light gold to deep brown

depending on the dosage

• differing colour intensities

• pH-value approx. 4.0

• density ca. 1.3 g/ml

• sugar content:

• Herbarom® AF 03, AF 06 and AF 12

approx. 40 %

• Sugar reduced type Herbarom® AF 24 SR

approx. 2 %

• sugar reduced type as powder and liquid

available

• declaration as “apple extract” „colouring apple

extract“

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Besides the colouring effect, the fruity compo-

nents and the acidic note of the Herbarom® round

off the gustatory profi le. The balanced sugar pro-

fi le of apple, including fructose, glucose and sor-

bitol has a positive effect on moisture-regulation

and fresh keeping in food. The sugar content of

the Herbarom® types AF 03, AF 06 and AF 12 is

about 40 %.

A sugar reduced and dark brownish type of Her-

barom®, named Herbarom® AF 24-SR, with about

2 % remaining sugars is also available. This type

is perfectly in use for colouring without adding

sweetness and comes in powder form as Herba-

rom® AF 24-SR-M20 as well.

The Herbarom® product range facilitates a wide

fi eld of applications and contributes to fulfi ll custo-

mer expectations.

Fields of application:

• beverages & basics for beverages

• bread & other baked goods

• sauces, gourmet foods & vinegar

• meat substitutes

• meat & meat products

• marinades & coatings

• cereals & extruded goods

• confectionery

• cakes, gingerbread & shortbread

• desserts

• and many more…

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Herbarom® is available in the following variations:

HerbaromAF 06

HerbaromAF 12

HerbaromAF 03

HerbaromAF 24-SR

HerbaromAF 24-SR

M20

sweetening, prolonged freshness

fl avouring and

colouring

sugar reduced products

*light0.3 ± 0.05

*very high 2.4 ± 0.05

*very high 2.4 ± 0.05

powder

*medium0.6 ± 0.05

*high1.2 ± 0.05

* Extinction in a 0.4 % solution (420 nm, d=10 mm)

Herbarom AF 03 Herbarom AF 06 Herbarom AF 12 Herbarom AF 24-SR

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Buying habits have been steadily changing for

decades and demand has been growing for na-

tural and sustainable products. The natural apple

extract Herbasweet® satisfi es exactly these

consumer needs.

Herbasweet® is produced under well-controlled

environment. During production, minerals, polysa-

ccharides and fruit acids are specifi cally removed.

Due to our expertise and long experience in the

fi eld, we are able to produce our apple extract in

slightly varying colour intensities and sugar con-

centrations. The apple sweetener is available ran-

ging from a clear, tasteless to a light gold, some-

what caramel type.

Herbasweet®

sweetening apple extract

Product characteristics:

• liquid apple extract

• different colour intensities available

• pH value approx. 4.0

• density approx. 1.3 g/ml

• 70 °Bx- and 78 °Bx-types available

• glycaemic index 54

• sweetness value approx. 0.95

• sugar spectrum:

• approx. 44 % fructose

• approx. 39 % glucose

• approx. 4 % sorbitol

• easy to process

• declaration as “apple sweetener”, “fruit

sweetener*” or “(sweetening) apple extract”

* For labelling the respective national defi nitions have to be considered

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One of the big advantages of Herbasweet® is its

natural sugar spectrum containing fructose, glu-

cose and sorbitol. Our products can be used to

replace saccharose almost one-to-one. An additi-

onal benefi t is that, our customers can declare our

products as “apple sweetener” or “(sweetening)

apple extract”.

Owing to its special sugar spectrum, bakery pro-

ducts stay long fresh with Herbasweet® added in-

stead of refi ned sugars.

To sum up, great sales pitch can be achieved by

using Herbasweet® and the demand for natural

products can be met.

Fields of application:

• beverages and beverage bases

• delicacies products

• confectionery

• dairy products

• bakery products

• ice-creams and sorbets

• fruit preparations and other spreads

HerbasweetAS 01

HerbasweetAS 02

(approx. 78 °Bx)

HerbasweetAS 01-B

HerbasweetAS 02-B

HerbasweetAS 01-A

(approx. 70 °Bx) (approx. 70 °Bx)

(approx. 78 °Bx)

(approx. 70 °Bx)

light caramel fl avour neutral fl avour

Product overview of Herbasweet®:

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Worldwide Representatives –our Herbafood agencies

Herbafood Ingredients GmbH

Phoebener Chaussee 1214542 Werder (Havel)Germany

Phone: +49 3327 785-202Fax: +49 3327 785-201

info@herbafood.de

www.herbafood.de

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