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Functional Ingredients Portfolio

Snacks & Savoury Solutions
Better Taste. Better Texture. Better Crunch. Better Shelf Life.

At Shreeja Food Solutions, we provide a comprehensive range of functional ingredients and application-driven solutions designed specifically for the snacks and savoury industry.

Our solutions help manufacturers optimize taste, tanginess, umami, colour, crunch, texture, coating performance, powder flow, processing stability and shelf-life performance across a wide variety of snack applications.

Key Applications: Potato Chips • Banana Chips • Extruded Snacks • Fryums & Pellets • Namkeen • Sev & Bhujia • Coated Peanuts & Nuts • Roasted Snacks • Puffs & Rings • Popcorn • Tortilla-Style Snacks • Snack Seasonings • Savoury Premixes
Snacks and Savoury Functional Ingredients
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Acidity Regulators
Category 01

01. Acidity Regulators

Creating the Right Tang, Sourness & Flavour Balance
Our Solutions:

Citric Acid • Malic Acid • Tartaric Acid • Fumaric Acid • Lactic Acid • Spray-Dried Vinegar Powder • Sodium Diacetate

Applications & Utilization

Acidity regulators play an important role in developing and balancing the taste profile of snack seasonings and savoury products.

They can be used to:
  • • Create tangy, sour and mouth-watering flavour profiles
  • • Balance saltiness, sweetness, spice and savoury notes
  • • Enhance the overall flavour perception of seasoning systems
  • • Develop different sourness intensities and taste durations
  • • Build citrus, tomato, chilli-lemon, peri-peri, chaat and other tangy profiles
  • • Provide characteristic vinegar notes in salt & vinegar and related seasonings
  • • Support acidification and preservation systems in suitable savoury applications
  • • Improve flavour consistency across seasoning formulations
Ideal For: Chips • Extruded Snacks • Fryums • Namkeen • Coated Nuts • Popcorn • Savoury Seasonings
Key Benefit: Controlled Acidity | Tangy Taste | Flavour Balance | Vinegar Character
Flavour Enhancers
Category 02

02. Flavour Enhancers

Building Deeper Umami, Richness & Savoury Impact
Our Solutions:

MSG • I+G • IMP • GMP • Yeast Extract • HVP Soya • HVP Peanut • Soya Sauce Powder

Applications & Utilization

Flavour enhancers help create fuller, richer and more satisfying savoury flavour profiles.

They can be used to:
  • • Enhance umami and savoury taste
  • • Increase overall flavour intensity and impact
  • • Build mouthfulness and flavour body
  • • Strengthen spice, masala, cheese, tomato and culinary profiles
  • • Develop cooked, roasted and fermented savoury notes
  • • Improve the depth and complexity of seasoning systems
  • • Support flavour optimization through synergistic combinations of savoury ingredients
  • • Create more rounded and balanced finished taste profiles
Ideal For: Namkeen • Chips • Extruded Snacks • Fryums • Coated Nuts • Savoury Premixes • Snack Seasonings
Key Benefit: Umami | Savoury Depth | Mouthfulness | Flavour Impact
Natural Colour Solutions
Category 03

03. Natural Colour Solutions

Creating Attractive, Consistent & Naturally Inspired Snack Appearance
Our Solutions:

Paprika • Curcumin • Annatto • Chlorophyll • Caramel • Annatto Butter

Available in selected liquid and powder formats.
Applications & Utilization

Natural colour solutions help create attractive and recognizable visual identities across snacks and savoury seasonings.

They can be used to:
  • • Develop red and orange shades for chilli, peri-peri and tomato profiles
  • • Create yellow and golden shades for cheese, masala and turmeric-based products
  • • Provide green shades for herb-inspired seasoning profiles
  • • Develop brown and roasted visual profiles
  • • Improve colour consistency between production batches
  • • Enhance seasoning visibility on the snack surface
  • • Support naturally positioned colour concepts
  • • Differentiate flavour variants through distinctive visual appearance
Ideal For: Potato Chips • Extruded Snacks • Fryums • Namkeen • Coated Nuts • Seasoning Blends • Savoury Coatings
Key Benefit: Visual Appeal | Colour Consistency | Product Identity | Natural Colour Options
Dairy & Spray-Dried Powders
Category 04

04. Dairy & Spray-Dried Powders

Adding Creaminess, Dairy Richness & Savoury Body
Our Solutions:

Whole Milk Powder • Skim Milk Powder • Whey Powder • Application-Specific Spray-Dried Powders

Applications & Utilization

Dairy and spray-dried powders can provide richness, creaminess and body to savoury seasoning systems.

They can be used to:
  • • Build creamy and dairy-rich flavour profiles
  • • Improve mouthfeel and seasoning body
  • • Support cheese, cream, butter and dairy-style flavour systems
  • • Provide solids and body to seasoning formulations
  • • Improve flavour delivery and overall sensory richness
  • • Support creamy profiles such as cream & onion and cheese-based seasonings
  • • Create smoother and more rounded savoury flavour perception
Ideal For: Cheese Seasonings • Cream & Onion • Butter Profiles • Coated Snacks • Extruded Snacks • Potato Chips • Savoury Premixes
Key Benefit: Creaminess | Dairy Richness | Mouthfeel | Flavour Body
Starches & Starch Derivatives
Category 05

05. Starches & Starch Derivatives

Engineering Crunch, Expansion, Binding & Texture
Our Solutions:

Native Starches • Modified Starches • Pregelatinized Starches • Extrusion Starches • Coating Starches • Specialty Texturizing Starches

Applications & Utilization

Starches are among the most versatile functional ingredients for snack processing and texture development.

They can be used to:
  • • Improve crispness and crunch
  • • Control expansion in extruded snack systems
  • • Improve dough binding and cohesiveness
  • • Support dough handling and machinability
  • • Improve pellet and fryum structure
  • • Reduce product breakage during processing and handling
  • • Improve coating adhesion
  • • Develop lighter, crispier or denser textures depending on the application
  • • Support viscosity and binding in snack coating systems
  • • Improve structural consistency and finished-product texture
  • • Support process tolerance in extrusion and other snack-processing systems
Ideal For: Extruded Puffs • Rings • Fryums • Pellets • Coated Peanuts • Baked Snacks • Namkeen Components • Snack Coatings
Key Benefit: Crunch | Expansion | Binding | Structure | Coating Adhesion
Natural Antioxidant Solutions
Category 06

06. Natural Antioxidant Solutions

Protecting Freshness, Flavour & Oil Quality Naturally
Our Solutions:

Rosemary Extract • Green Tea Extract • Mixed Tocopherols • Customized Natural Antioxidant Systems

Applications & Utilization

Natural antioxidant systems are particularly valuable in fried, roasted and fat-containing snack products where oxidation can affect flavour and product quality during storage.

They can be used to:
  • • Support oxidative stability of oils and fats
  • • Help delay development of oxidative rancidity
  • • Protect desirable flavour characteristics during storage
  • • Support freshness retention in fried and roasted snacks
  • • Protect fat-containing seasoning and coating systems
  • • Support shelf-life performance as part of a properly designed product and packaging system
  • • Provide options for manufacturers seeking naturally derived antioxidant systems
Ideal For: Potato Chips • Namkeen • Fried Snacks • Extruded Snacks • Coated Peanuts • Nuts & Seeds • Fryums • Oil-Based Savoury Products
Key Benefit: Oxidative Stability | Flavour Protection | Freshness | Shelf-Life Support
Website Highlight “Protect the Crunch. Preserve the Flavour. Support Shelf Life Naturally.”
Hydrocolloids & Stabilizers
Category 07

07. Hydrocolloids & Stabilizers

Better Binding, Structure & Processing Performance
Our Solutions:

Guar Gum • CMC • Carrageenan • Gum Acacia / Gum Arabic • Xanthan Gum • Specialty Stabilizer Blends

Applications & Utilization

Hydrocolloids and stabilizers can help control binding, viscosity, moisture and structural properties in selected snack applications.

They can be used to:
  • • Improve dough binding and cohesiveness
  • • Support structure in formed and extruded snacks
  • • Modify viscosity of coating and slurry systems
  • • Improve adhesion of coatings to snack surfaces
  • • Support moisture management
  • • Improve processing consistency
  • • Support texture development in selected extruded products
  • • Improve product integrity and reduce processing-related breakage in suitable systems
Ideal For: Extruded Snacks • Formed Snacks • Fryums • Pellets • Coated Snacks • Snack Slurries & Coating Systems
Key Benefit: Binding | Structure | Viscosity | Moisture Management | Processing Stability
Anti-Caking & Free-Flow Agents
Category 08

08. Anti-Caking & Free-Flow Agents

Keeping Seasonings Free-Flowing & Easy to Process
Our Solutions:

Tricalcium Phosphate (TCP) • Silicon Dioxide • Precipitated Silicon Dioxide

Applications & Utilization

Anti-caking and free-flow agents help maintain the handling and flow characteristics of dry seasoning and savoury powder systems.

They can be used to:
  • • Reduce caking and lump formation
  • • Improve powder flowability
  • • Support moisture management in dry powder systems
  • • Improve consistency during weighing and dosing
  • • Support uniform seasoning application
  • • Improve handling during blending, filling and packing
  • • Maintain better powder dispersion in seasoning blends
  • • Support storage stability of moisture-sensitive powder systems
Ideal For: Snack Seasonings • Spice Blends • Cheese Powders • Flavour Premixes • Savoury Powders • Dry Coating Systems
Key Benefit: Free Flow | Reduced Caking | Better Dosing | Consistent Application
Emulsifiers
Category 09

09. Emulsifiers

Supporting Better Extrusion, Processing & Texture
Our Solutions:

Mono & Diglycerides • Distilled Monoglycerides • Lecithin • Specialty Extrusion Emulsifiers

Applications & Utilization

Selected emulsifiers can support processing, structure and texture development in extruded and formulated savoury snack systems.

They can be used to:
  • • Support extrusion processing performance
  • • Improve ingredient and fat distribution
  • • Support dough and mass handling
  • • Modify finished-product texture
  • • Improve process consistency
  • • Support product structure and uniformity
  • • Assist in managing interactions between starch, fat and water phases
  • • Support application-specific extrusion performance
Ideal For: Extruded Snacks • Puffs • Rings • Pellets • Formed Snacks • Selected Savoury Coating Systems
Key Benefit: Processing | Texture | Uniformity | Fat Distribution | Extrusion Performance

One Integrated Solution for Snacks & Savoury

Taste • Texture • Colour • Crunch • Processing • Shelf Life

Shreeja Food Solutions brings together functional ingredients for every critical stage of snack development—from building tanginess and umami to engineering crunch, controlling colour, improving powder flow and supporting oxidative stability.

Whether you are developing potato chips, namkeen, extruded snacks, fryums, pellets, coated nuts, popcorn or next-generation savoury snacks, our portfolio enables manufacturers to select functional ingredients according to their product, process and performance requirements.

“Better Ingredients. Better Performance. Better Snacks.”