General Information
Coatings are applied to the surface of a core material to provide specific benefits. These coatings form a layer around crystalline materials and are usually transparent or semitransparent, thus optically not visible on the coated ingredient. The coating process, also called encapsulation, modifies the physical properties of the encapsulated product. The coating provides technological benefits during manufacturing, storage or use or consumption of the processed food product.
Specific encapsulation techniques and materials, as well as the activity of the core material, provide a broad range of tailor-made coating products and a fine-tuning of the desired properties for the customer's applications. Aim of the Jungbunzlauer coating technology is to make active substances hydrophobic by encapsulating them with edible fats. These taste- and odourless fats display high chemical and physical stability as a coating material and originate from plant sources. Besides the type of coating material, the concentration at which the coating layer is applied to the core material has an important influence on the functionality of the coated product. Generally, the coating content can range from approx. 3% to 40%.
CITROCOAT® is the Jungbunzlauer trademark for encapsulated citric acid. Further organic acids are coated by Jungbunzlauer in order to exploit their individual technological properties and taste profiles. The current spectrum of tailor-made encapsulated acids is as follows:
- Citric acid
- Monosodium citrate
- Trisodium citrate
- Malic acid
- Fumaric acid
- Ascorbic acid
- Glucono-delta-Lactone
For many purposes the coating material must be permitted by the competent authorities for permission of foodstuffs, consequently fats have been generally accepted. The coated acids can easily be adapted to the specific requirements through variation of fats, quality or technique.
The information contained herein has been compiled carefully to the best of our knowledge. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the information given in respect to the described products. Our products have to be applied under full and own responsibility of the user, especially in respect to any patent rights of others and any law or government regulation. All sales of the described products are subject to our general conditions of sale.