Email Us info@fiberstar.net Call Us +1 (715) 425-7550 ORDER SAMPLE About Products Video Library Shop Contact CITRUS FIBER NEWS UPDATES October 12, 2021 No Comments Fiberstar Blog Keto Ingredients: Keeping it Fresh with Citrus Fiber Can you imagine giving up pastries, potato chips or strawberry licorice? Some people do to lasso their health back into line. According to the CDC, the obesity prevalence in the USA is 42.4% in 2017 – 2018 (Adult Obesity Facts | Overweight & Obesity | CDC). Though the statistics are ominous, most individuals look into the mirror before calculating their BMI to determine whether they need to diet. Because of this, many adopted new meal plans such as the Keto diet. By definition, this diet curbs carbohydrates so that the majority of the keto ingredients comprise of 70% fat, 20%… Read more → September 15, 2021 No Comments Fiberstar Blog Fiberstar, Inc. Partners with New Food Ingredient Distributors Fiberstar, Inc. sells Citri-Fi® citrus fiber globally using a robust distributor network. To further penetrate the food ingredient marketplace, the company added two new distributors to their sales network – Accurate Ingredients and Gillco Ingredients. Both companies come with seasoned technical service in addition to a complimentary portfolio of food ingredients. “The market is demanding natural, clean and functional ingredients like Citri-Fi citrus fiber,” says President and CEO, John Haen. “Because of this, it was time to partner up with distributors that not only focus on natural offerings, but also, provide customers with technical knowledge about each food ingredient’s functionality… Read more → August 31, 2021 No Comments Fiberstar Blog Tomato Extension: Stay out of the Red The tomato shortage story begins with “once a upon a time” when tomatoes were a key staple crop in the California central valley. But over the years, the market and the environment took its toll on this once flourishing agriculture. This saga talks about how the tomato crop fell out of favor in export due to stronger domestic currency. As a result, this drove farmers to reduce their crop size and/or sow their fields with other profitable foods like almonds, pistachio and grapes. And then compounded with drought and last year’s COVID hoarding spree, tomato supplies struggled to rebound. Now… Read more → July 13, 2021 No Comments Fiberstar Blog Starch Replacement & Food Gum Extender using Citrus Fiber Your local restaurant bellied up. Your favorite sneaker size is backordered for months. However, the world did not end. You can still purchase toilet paper. The pandemic’s aftermath affected supply chains globally which touched almost every commerce sector including the food industry. Lock down and affected employees caused operations to cease or slow down. Because of this, food production trickled, and seaports became congested which led to a trade imbalance. As a result, food ingredient availability, especially ones importing into the U.S. like certain starches and gums, quickly tightened. In the end, food manufacturers scrambled to find alternatives including starch… Read more → June 29, 2021 No Comments Fiberstar Blog Fresh Pet Food: Prevent Water Separation using Citrus Fiber BLOG Pet parents rearing furry babies continue to drive many of the pet humanization trends today especially in pet food and treats. With this in mind, pet humanization is a phenomena where pet owners treat their pets like children. These consumers purchase items that resemble products they purchase for themselves. For instance, pet owners tend to read food labels, select minimally processed foods and veer towards healthier versions. Due to this trend, fresh pet foods continue to thrive within the specialty pet food segment. Fresh pet foods attract pet parents by their short ingredient lists, fresh raw materials and healthier positioning…. Read more → June 16, 2021 No Comments Fiberstar Blog Vegan Ice Cream: The Smooth Freeze Plant-based foods continues to be a hot category as a result of the increase in new product launches. This is due to the advancements in procuring a variety of raw materials and creating new processing technologies. In addition, the escalating demand for plant-based products globally drives this growing trend as well. According to statistics cited on the Plant-based Food Association (PBFA) web page, plant-based foods grew by 27% in 2020 to reach a whopping $7B in the U.S. The plant-based dairy segment leads this category reaching $2.5B in 2020 with an average growth of around 20% compared to the previous year… Read more → May 19, 2021 No Comments Fiberstar Blog Bakery Ingredients: 5 ways to use Citrus Fiber Creating bakery foods is a combination of art and science. Where else can an elbow test measure viscosity or a handful means a cup? Although measuring methods produce the perfect loaf or muffin, bakery ingredients play an equally important role especially on a mass scale. For instance, bakers use additional ingredients not commonly used in home baking to preserve the baked good’s quality during post production, handling and storage. Citri-Fi is an upcycled natural citrus fiber created from byproduct of the citrus juicing process. This natural ingredient provides high water holding and emulsification properties which benefit a variety of baked… Read more → May 11, 2021 No Comments Fiberstar Blog Sustainable Food – Citri-Fi® Citrus Fiber the Eco-Friendly Choice To define the term sustainability in a few sentences poses a massive challenge. However, in a recap, it boils down to managing resources, technology and money invested to balance the earth’s offerings and the current needs. Moreover, this also implies there is equilibrium between the “give and take” for the future generations. Today, businesses cherry pick aspects of this term to assure consumers they play a role in supporting sustainable food. For instance, Fiberstar’s business started its life with an eco-friendly food process. Citrus growers harvest their fruit to be processed into citrus juice. This citrus juice then makes its… Read more → May 4, 2021 No Comments Fiberstar Blog Plant Based Ingredients: CEO State of the Business Interview 1) Who is Fiberstar and what does your company offer to the food ingredient marketplace? Fiberstar, Inc. manufactures and sells Citri-Fi citrus fiber, which is an upcycled, plant based ingredient produced from byproduct of the citrus juicing industry. The patented process, which is free from chemical modifications, opens up the fiber to create high water holding capacity and emulsification properties. This highly functional fiber improves stability, texture, and nutrition in a variety of food and beverages. From the beginning, Fiberstar pioneered citrus fiber technology. The clean process and dual functionality differentiated Citri-Fi from other plant based ingredients in the marketplace…. Read more → March 31, 2021 No Comments Fiberstar Blog Natural Emulsifier in Pet Foods: Citrus Fiber Slowly you twist the can opener peeling back the lid without a sound. Regardless of the silence, your furry canines bolt into the room with their tongues swinging. Quickly you pour the contents into their bowls and watch them lap it up within seconds. In the end, this ritual sounds quick and simple. On the other hand, creating this healthy and nutritious pet food results in multiple challenges. In the past, pets scavenged left-out scraps. However, over the years pet food companies changed this by creating specific foods for companion pets. 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