LCI launches 100% 'Clean Label' preservative for bakery products

10 September 2018
by businessfrance -- last modified 25 February 2019

Keenly aware of consumer expectations in terms of natural and 'Clean Label' ingredients, Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients (LCI) is proud to present the newest addition to its range, CERECLEAN.

CERECLEAN is a 'Clean Label' preservative (fermented wheat flour) that provides the same results as a chemical preservative such as calcium propionate (additive E282), potassium sorbate (additive E202) or alcohol.

Over time, breads, buns and pastries are susceptible to mould as well as to loss of flavour and texture. Bakery product preservatives slow this process down. In the past, for bread to keep, it was left to ferment for a long time ahead of baking. This process led to organic acids occurring naturally in the dough, which ensured a longer shelf life.

Today, LCI revisits these old methods with CERECLEAN!
CERECLEAN is a fermented wheat flour with a controlled fermentation process, which provides a targeted production of naturally occurring organic acids to keep bakery products fresher for longer.

Simple to use and with the reassurance that 'fermented wheat flour' can be listed in the end-product ingredient list, CERECLEAN ensures the long shelf-life of breads, buns and pastries, without any loss of flavour or texture.

Pauline Arramy, Bakery Market Manager at LCI, explains: "CERECLEAN again demonstrates our expertise in functional flours and bread-making: CERECLEAN has the advantage of being more effective than the preservatives commonly used on the market today, for long shelf life, whilst being 100% 'Clean Label'".

More information?
Pauline ARRAMY, Bakery Market Manager
pauline.arramy@limagrain.com / +33 4 73 67 17 00

For more information about this press release, please contact:
Catherine Ryall, Business France UK
catherine.ryall@businessfrance.fr / 020 7024 3613

Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients (LCI) is a subsidiary of LIMAGRAIN, an agricultural cooperative group, creator and producer of plant varieties. Limagrain sell field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products.This understanding of the functionalities of each ingredient and each raw material, along with their interactions in the various processes used, enables LCI to develop authentic and functional cereal ingredients as solutions to improve clients' products. Based on 100% traced chain managed by farmers who are members of the cooperative, Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients (LCI), creator of functional cereal ingredients for the food industry, has a turnover of more than 100 Million Euros, of which 40% is exported and transforms every year more than 200,000 tonnes of cereals for the markets: bakery, snacks, breakfast cereals, ready meals, dairy products and nutrition. The company has more than 260 employees over 6 production sites. The vocation of LCI is: "To be at the heart of a sustainable supply chain, to offer the best of cereals for a life enhanced by natural foods"

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