Nutrition and Health

Polyphenols properties show significant interest in the food industry.

Such molecules exert a major effect on the organoleptic characters of the products. Due to their disinfectant, antibacterial and antifungic properties, they can improve the conservation caracteristics of the products. The Quercetin, contained in onion polyphenolic extracts, and the chicoric acid, contained in salads polyphenolic extracts, present very high antioxydant capabilities that enables them to trap free radicals produced at the first stage of oxidation reactions . This allows for longer shelf life of food matrices like pork-butchery-salting or mayonnaise.

Works and studies showed an action of such natural onion extracts rich in quercetin on the inhibition of lipases that takes place during of any rancidity phenomenon. Additionnally, the protective capabilities of natural salad and onion extracts make them recommended for the protection and stabilization of paprika oleoresins.

SCALIME Nutrition produces and sells extracts of salad and onion peels whose polyphenol content varies from 10 to 30% for onion and from 10 to 30% for salad. These extracts are obtained through physical steps process under strict alimentary conditions.

PPO


Natural oinon extracts with a polyphenol content ranging from 10% to 30% presenting the following properties:

  • Excellent biodisponibility
  • Antioxidancy: powerful free radicals scavenger
  • Natural colouring preservative
  • Inhibitor of enzymes which are implied in rancidity

PPS


Natural salad extracts with a polyphenol content ranging from 10% to 30% presenting the following properties:

  • High biodisponibility
  • Antioxidancy: free radicals scavenger and metals chelating agent
  • Natural colouring preservative
  • Vasorelaxant effect

In order to access more information on our extracts, rich in polyphenols belong to our range Food Ingredients, please do download the product datasheets:

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