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Let us WOW you and get those taste buds tingling with our mouthwatering range of caramel and toffee products! Used as natural food inclusions to enhance taste and maximise flavour as well as improve optical sensorial properties in various food applications, our products will add value to any food end-product, whether for human or pet consumption!
Caramel + Caramelised Sugar + Toffee
Our 100% natural caramel range includes a sensational array of caramel derived products such as caramel colours, caramelised sugar syrups and powders, caramel milk powders, pastes, sauces, and toffee pieces, available in various forms, shapes and sizes, all used to refine taste and visual appearance in products across the bakery, beverage, confectionery, dairy, and pet food industries. With over 100 years of experience in caramel production, our international market-leading supplier Felix Koch Offenbach (FKO) leads the way in incorporating CARAMELISATION and BURNT SUGAR NOTES and MAXIMUM CARAMEL FLAVOUR and COLOUR into food and petfood products across the globe!
As a leading and competent supplier of caramel, it is of paramount importance to understand and underscore the significant difference between caramel colour and caramelised sugar.
- Caramel colour is classified as a “food additive” and is produced by the controlled heat treatment of carbohydrates (sugar, sucrose, other common sugars suitable for human consumption), combined with an EU-approved list of chemical additives such as salts, acids, alkalis, ammonium and sulphite compounds. Caramel colour, appearing as a grey-brown liquid, produced this way is therefore labelled with an E-number i.e. E150 (a-d), and is typically and solely used to give various food stuffs a brown colour, without imparting any flavour, taste or odour to the food stuff.
- Caramelised sugar, on the other hand, which has a fresh, reddish-brown colour in liquid form, is produced by the slow, controlled heat treatment of carbohydrates (sugar, sucrose, other common sugars suitable for human consumption), without any addition of chemical additives at all. Caramelised sugar is therefore not regarded as a food additive with an E-number, but is instead classified as a 100% “food stuff” with completely “clean-labelling” on the ingredients list of the food end-product. Caramelised sugar is produced during a slow, tightly controlled, gradual caramelisation process, where the flavour compounds and colour molecules are developed at the beginning of the decomposition of the sugar and simultaneously retained all throughout the ensuing heat treatment cycle. Caramelised sugar is therefore used to impart well-rounded caramel flavour and burnt sugar notes, as well as caramel odour, whilst at the same time providing typical caramel reddish-brown colour to food stuffs
At CARBOCRAFT, and in close partnership with company FKO, our focus is on the supply of caramelised sugar and our products add caramel flavour and caramel colour to your food products, with completely “free-labelling”, without any E-numbers.
Here is a brief synopsis on the primary products we supply in this category:
Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Burnt Sugar Syrup
Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Burnt Sugar Syrup | ||
Light | 300-900 EBC, 16-42 (420 nm), medium – high sugar content | Sweet, caramelised sugar taste |
Applications: Alcoholic spirits, bakery, confectionery, dessert sauces, ice cream | ||
Dark | 1,700-15,000 EBC, 85-760 (420 nm), very low – low sugar content | Tart, aromatic taste and caramel colour |
Applications: Alcoholic spirits, bakery, beverages, desserts, essences, ice cream, milk products, sauces, soups | ||
- Advantages:
- Pure, natural, sweet, aromatic, intense caramel taste, without any additives
- Natural “burnt sugar” flavour and well-rounded “caramelisation” taste profile
- Combination of natural caramel flavour and caramel colour (light reddish-brown to dark reddish-brown colour)
- Caramelised sugar is a “food stuff”, 100% natural & chemical-free, clean-labelling
- Suitable for vegetarian, vegan, allergen-free, GMO-free, lactose-free, gluten-free, Kosher/Halal
- Applications:
- Baked goods, beverages, cereals, chocolate, confectionery, dairy products, desserts, flavour production, frozen food, gourmet food, ice cream, sauces, soups, petfood, etc.
Caramelised Sugar Powder
Caramelised Sugar Powder | ||
Light | 1250 EBC, 60 (420 nm) | Sweet, caramelised sugar taste |
Applications: Bakery, beverage powder, chocolate, fillings, ice cream powders, infant food | ||
Medium | 3800 EBC, 300 (420 nm) | Strong, caramelised sugar taste |
Applications: Bakery, beverage powder, chocolate, fillings, ice cream powders, infant food | ||
Dark | 16,000 EBC, 760 (420 nm) | Tart, aromatic taste and caramel colour |
Applications: Bakery, beverage powder, chocolate, fillings, ice cream powders, infant food | ||
- Advantages:
- Pure, natural caramel taste, without any additives, in powder form
- Suitable for vegetarian, vegan, allergen-free, lactose-free, gluten-free, Kosher/Halal
- Clean-labelling, easy-handling, very good solubility in cold and hot conditions
- Perfect for mixing with powders e.g. cocoa, coffee, starch or flour
- 36 months shelf-life
- Applications:
- Baking mixes, beverage powders, chocolate, coffee creamer, ice cream powder, instant desserts, praline fillings, wafer fillings
More about our product features & advantages
Caramelised Milk Powder
- Product features & compelling advantages:
- Pure, natural milky-caramel taste, cream to brown colour, in powder form (non-hygroscopic)
- Typical “Dulce de Leche” flavour, produced by special caramelisation process, using only icing sugar and skimmed milk powder, 100% natural and pure
- Source of protein, suitable for vegetarian, Kosher/Halal, no additives, available as organic or conventional, GMO-free, clean-labelling
- Applications:
- Baked goods and bakery fillings, chocolate, confectionery, ice cream powder, instant desserts, praline fillings, wafer fillings
Toffee
Want to add that decadent, unique TOFFEE element to your product and not sure how you will accomplish this? Look no further, we have just the right TOFFEE inclusion for you, regardless of the application!
Product features & compelling advantages:
- 100% naturally produced, great-tasting unique toffee flavour
- We supply a toffee cream, toffee paste, and toffee sauce for application in chocolate bars, pralines and cereal bars. Our toffee cream is used in chocolate fillings, dessert sauces and yoghurt swirls, whereas our toffee sauce is applied as a ripple sauce in ice cream or mixed directly within the ice cream recipe. It can also be used in dessert sauces for puddings and flans.
- Our toffee pieces consist of granules and cubes, in different cut sizes and shapes, appearing delectably crunchy and in light, golden brown colour, with a consistently delicious, decadently intense, toffee flavour.
- Our gorgeous toffee pieces are used for decorative purposes and as tasty inclusions in premium biscuits, chocolate, confectionery, desserts, ice cream and ice cream toppings and pastries.
- Our products are easily dosed and applied in various end-products, and are available in freeze- and bake-stable format
- Our toffee products are the perfect inclusion for Quick-Service-Restaurants (QSR), used as toppings in delectable desserts and ice cream, and scrumptiously delicious milkshakes.
- Our products are “100% clean label”, available as organic, are Kosher/Halal certified and 100% vegan.
As you can see, CARBOCRAFT, in association with Felix Koch Offenbach FKO, is well-versed when it comes to CARAMEL and TOFFEE matters. We regard ourselves as the CARAMEL and TOFFEE champions! Here is a further application index for you evidencing just how versatile and adaptable our products are in so many ways:
- In meat products and “meat-free” vegan “meat” products, same as above, our caramel products impart a “well-rounded” taste profile, provide enhanced fried and roasted flavour notes, introduce luxurious reddish-brown “roasted” colour shades and are 100% clean label (free of artificial colours and pigments). This way, through the use of our caramel products, the meat-free products acquire a more authentic “meaty” appearance and taste profile!
- In wet and dry petfood, our caramelised sugar adds value as an innovative ingredient that is free of 4-MEI and THI, two potential contaminants that can be found in pet food. 4-MEI (4-Methylimidazole) is a chemical compound that can form in some types of caramel colouring during the manufacturing process. It is classified as a potential human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). THI (Tetrahydroisoquinolines) are a group of chemical compounds that can be produced during the process of cooking meat and other protein sources commonly used in pet food. Pet food manufacturers take steps to minimize the levels of 4-MEI and THI in their products by using high-quality ingredients such as our 100% natural and additive-free caramelised sugar.
- As in meat products for human consumption, our caramelised sugar products impart a “well-rounded” taste profile, provide enhanced fried and roasted flavour notes and significantly support the typically desired “brown” notes in petfood, whilst simultaneously introducing luxurious reddish-brown “roasted” colour shades, and improving the smell and sensorial properties of a premium petfood, thus increasing the overall palatability by cats and dogs.
- Extensive independent kennel research conducted by our supplier FKO has shown that petfood containing our caramelised sugar generally has a higher preference ratio (by up to more than 60%) compared to pet food containing ordinary caramel colour.
