Ingredion Introduces Novation Lumina 8300/8600, Functional Native Starches

Ingredion Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)—a leading global ingredients solutions company— will launch Novation Lumina 8300 and 8600 functional native starches in EMEA during the first half of 2022. 

 

Ingredion has developed two innovative functional native rice starches designed specifically to improve color and flavor release, enabling natural flavors and colors of applications to shine through, even in white products. The new starches also improve Ingredion’s supply chain resiliency and reduce environmental impact.

 

“Novation Lumina 8300/8600 enrich the company’s functional native clean label portfolio, support a ‘natural positioning and provide customers with choices that best meet their processes, recipes, desired sensory experiences, and consumer preferences,” said Daniel Haley, global platform leader, clean and simple ingredients, Ingredion. 

 

Until now, even functional native waxy rice starches contributing the least color and flavor have struggled to meet strict sensory requirements in white or light-coloured applications with delicate flavours. This limitation has been addressed with the launch of Novation Lumina 8300/8600, enabling improved consumer preference and allowing the superior label and functional benefits of rice starch to be accessible to a wider range of products—all while supporting “natural” claims and other clean label messages. All are proven to drive the consumer appeal of products.

 

The Covid-19 pandemic reinforced the importance of having streamlined processes that strengthen Ingredion’s ability to be a reliable partner and supplier of ingredient solutions. While the supply situation in various parts of the world is still impacted by continued port congestions and availability of vessels and/or labor, Ingredion has invested in improving its internal processes with Novation Lumina 8300/8600, leveraging a new technology that enables manufacturing efficiencies that shortens the company’s supply chain, reduces lead times and increases security of supply.

 

The patented technology used to produce Novation Lumina 8300/8600 combined with investments in operations have led to a reduction in water consumption of approximately 6,000 MT per year and 585 MT annual CO2 emission equivalent.

 

This innovation is a result of the ongoing investment to support customers globally through the growth of the company’s speciality food ingredients business. 

 

“After significantly expanding our Thai facility in June 2020, we harnessed our capabilities in manufacturing, Idea Labs Innovation Centers and Atlas proprietary consumer insights to identify ingredients and technologies that would address unmet customer needs” said Haley. “This resulted in the launch of the first ever multi-functional rice flours and now the introduction of these functional native rice starches.” 

 

Produced from one of the world’s three leading food crops, rice starch is highly recognised and accepted by more than 76% of consumers globally, independent of demographic or socio-economic factors. Its smooth and creamy texture combined with its hypoallergenic properties, high digestibility, and lower viscosity development are unique versus ingredients and ideal for a range of applications. Waxy rice also has superior ambient, refrigerated and freeze/thaw stability compared to other commonly used crops, offering greater value over shelf life to manufacturers. Novation Lumina 8300/8600 functional native starches provide moderate to high process tolerance and extraordinary white colour and bland taste, which enhance the potential use for manufacturers in retail and foodservice channels.

 

For more information, local Ingredion sales managers can be reached at Ingredion.com.