Improve texture. Enhance functionality. Create better-performing cheese products.

ifaTECH AMB 200 is a chemically modified starch developed specifically for imitation cheese and processed cheese applications. The product is designed to support important functional characteristics including mouthfeel, melting, stretchability, shreddability and firmness.

WHY USE ifaTECH AMB 200?

Research also shows that starch can influence the texture, water-binding, rheology and functional properties of processed and analogue cheeses. The effect depends on the type and level of starch used, making appropriate starch selection important for the desired cheese characteristics.

🧀 Imitation Cheese: Supports desirable texture and functional characteristics in cheese analogue formulations.

🧀 Processed Cheese: Helps develop mouthfeel, firmness, shreddability and melting performance.

🍕 Melt & Stretch Applications: Starch functionality is particularly relevant to cheese products used in heated foods, where melt and stretch are important product characteristics.

🥪 Sliced & Shredded Cheese Products: Supports the structural properties required for handling, slicing and shredding.

Starch plays an important role in cheese analogue systems by interacting with the protein and water phases of the formulation. Research indicates that starch selection and processing conditions can significantly influence firmness, meltability and stretchability.