Alginate is a naturally-occurring food ingredient extracted from edible brown seaweed, and DuPont is the global leader in alginate. In the hands of our globally-strong but locally-present team of experts, alginate can help you bring your most challenging recipes to life in a surprising range of applications.
At DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences we take food safety seriously. Combined with a good manufacturing process, our range of antimicrobials extends the shelf-life of food – and keeps it pathogen-free.
- Antioxidants, Extracts and Flavorants
The key to greater shelf-life and food safety, DuPont™ Danisco® antioxidant ingredients prevent oils and fats from oxidising. Antioxidants make it possible for you to produce food that is convenient and healthy.
DuPont is the world’s largest supplier of betaine for food, feed and a variety of industrial applications.
Carrageenan is one of the major components of edible red seaweed and, as a food ingredient, is known for its unique characteristics in making foods and beverages more nutritious and delicious.
Cellulose gel, also known as microcrystalline cellulose or MCC, is a food ingredient consisting of small particles of purified cellulose, the most abundant organic compound on earth.
Cellulose gum, also known as CMC or carboxy-methylcellulose, is a food ingredient derived from cellulose, the most abundant organic compound on earth.
- Cultures for Plant Based Food
Around the world, more and more consumers are looking for alternatives to traditional dairy products. Danisco® VEGE Cultures enable you to meet that demand – in yogurt alternatives and other plant-based foods and beverages.
The DuPont™ Danisco® dairy culture range is home to one of the world’s most extensive collections of dairy cultures. These are microorganisms that are safe to eat – and many of them even provide health benefits.
Fiber is essential for healthy digestion. At DuPont, we are committed to meeting market demand for fiber ingredients that promote problem-free digestion and reduce the risk of lifestyle health problems.
Whether you’re looking to cut costs, improve quality, enhance the health or sustainable image of your brands or get more from your product line, the DuPont™ Danisco® range of emulsifiers can help.
Food Enzymes for optimized brewing and UHT milk production, freshness in bakery products, increasing oil extraction yields and greater flexibility in tortillas with bakery enzymes.
- Functional Ingredient Systems
In a world where consumers have unprecedented choice in the prepared foods they eat and fierce competition races to offer them what they want, DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences is here to help you succeed with an unrivaled portfolio of ingredients and a globally-strong but locally-present team of experts.
Gellan gum is one of the newest ingredients in foods and beverages and is made through fermentation using Sphingomonas elodea, a single-cell organism found on lily pads.
Guar gum is a food ingredient derived from a type of legume called the guar bean. As a thickener, it has eight times the power of cornstarch, providing thickening characteristics at relatively much lower usage levels than most other ingredients.
DuPont™ HMOs provide the same benefits clinically proven to be associated with HMOs derived from mother’s milk.
DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences offers a wide range of lecithins that deliver the functionality our customers need. Although the word lecithin is derived from the Greek "lekithos," which means "yolk of an egg," the primary sources of our lecithins are the soybean, sunflower or rapeseed, and they set the standard for quality and reliability.
Locust bean gum, also known as carob bean gum, is a food ingredient produced naturally from the seeds of carob trees cultivated in the Mediterranean region.
A range of meat starter cultures for color, texture and flavor development and to maintain microbiological quality of meat products.
- Medium Chain Triglycerides
GRINDSTED® MCT are commonly used in sports nutrition and dietary supplements where there is a need for an easily absorbed, rapidly available energy source.
Pectin is one of the most consumer-friendly food ingredients used today. Many consumers are familiar with pectin because of its long history of use in homemade fruit preserves.
We Formulate Solutions. Together, your active ingredients and our know-how create products that deliver enhanced patient benefit, improved consumer appeal and greater profitability.
DuPont™ Danisco® probiotic cultures are scientifically proven to help keep the digestive system running smoothly and to support the body’s immune system.
Consumers of all types recognize the benefits of protein in their diets and many are looking to incorporate more protein into their diets.
The story of sugar is not so sweet. Given its link to tooth decay, obesity, diabetes and an increased focus from consumers on eating healthy, sugar has fallen out of favor.
Xanthan gum is produced by biofermentation of Xanthomonas campestris bacteria that is commonly found in plants of the Brassica family such as cabbage. Xanthan is part our our hydrocolloid range for food ingredients at DuPont.