Be ready for FIC with rice starches

As the prospect looms of the Food Information for Consumers Regulation (EU 1169/2011 – also known as ‘FIC’), due to be implemented this December, food manufacturers are already considering how best to meet its requirements.

Ulrick & Short, the British-owned clean label starch specialist, is under no illusions about the new regulations. Director Adrian Short says: “Of course food manufacturers must be transparent about their use of ingredients, and communicate this to the consumer accurately and responsibly. Manufacturers can make it easier on themselves by looking more closely at the components of their products; for example clean label rice starches can replace a range of other ingredients in numerous sweet and savoury food products, simplifying labels and helping companies meet the demands of FIC.”

Synergie rice starch is gluten-free, non-GM and extremely versatile; as a naturally derived product it provides smooth mouth-feel and good stabilisation qualities for desserts, sauces and many other applications. It is an addition to U&S’s established range of starches and fibres from other natural crops including wheat, tapioca and waxy maize.