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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Antioxidants 110<br />

NAME: Tea extract<br />

CATEGORY: Antioxidant/ Natural<br />

FOOD USE: Salad oils/ Bulk vegetable oils/ Nuts and snacks (deep-fat fried)/ Extruded snack foods/ Seasoning<br />

mixes<br />

SYNONYMS: Teabalox ® T-02/ Teabalox ® O/ Green tea oleoresin<br />

FORMULA: Water-soluble catechins and gallates and oil-soluble oleoresin of green tea<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Brown viscous liquid<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Prevents oxidative rancidity development by terminating free radicals, and may chelate metal ions.<br />

Used as a natural antioxidant.<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Spray application to fried foods, extruded foods.<br />

At temperatures above 130°C, it can have reduced performance, but, thermal stable types (Herbalox<br />

O) are available. Migration of polyphenols from the oil phase to the water phase may occur in the<br />

presence of a significant quantity of unbound water, thereby reducing antioxidative activity<br />

LEGISLATION: USA:<br />

approved by FDA for use in foods, 0.025 to 0.15% of the fat<br />

REFERENCE: Kalsec Technical Data, Development Product Bulletin T-20. June 1993. Kalsec Inc., Kalamazoo, MI.

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