The AVEBE line of potato starches rounds out National's portfolio of specialty starches for nearly any food application.
Why potato starches are special
Specialty potato starches provide unique functional benefits in the food industry not easily attainable with other starches. That is why National Starch Food Innovation has a partnership with AVEBE, to ensure National's customers have the largest choice of specialty starches.
Specialty potato starches are particularly valued for their neutral taste, clarity, and high viscosity, especially in liquid applications, such as soups, sauces and dairy products. The superior water binding of potato starches improves moisture retention and increases yield while providing juiciness in processed meats.
In lower moisture applications, such as snack foods, specialty potato starches offer excellent expansion, as well as unique textures ranging from soft and buttery to crispy and crunchy. When functional gelling is needed in an application, specialty potato starch provide a desirable elastic texture to replace casein in imitation cheese and gelatin in confections.
Special potatoes for special starches
AVEBE starches are derived from potato varieties specifically bred for starch manufacturing. AVERIS, AVEBE's wholly-owned plant-cultivation station, cultivates for a high starch content-50 % more than consumption potatoes. Recent research and development have produced other improvements in the potato, such as disease resistance, high-protein content and unique functionality.
The product line includes cook-up starches under the FARINEX, SELECTAMYL, PERFECTAMYL and PERFECTAGEL brand names, as well as cold water swelling starches under the PASELLI and PREJEL brand names, specialty maltodextrins and dextrins, and fat replacement starches under PASELLI brand names.
AVEBE also has a line called ELIANE waxy potato starches, the world's first amylopectin potato starches obtained through traditional breeding techniques. ELIANE starches have unique expansion properties in texture formulation, plus a smooth and shiny appearance and ultra-high clarity.