CHIMITEX S.p.A. has a specific range of products for the food and nutraceutical industry, developed by the dedicated sector Nutrytex.

We have the sanitary approvals as requested by the Italian and European laws for the marketing of chemicals for the food industry; we also have a specific warehouse dedicated to the storage of food additives. Chimitex also has the HACCP manual.

Nutraceutics: an exploration in progress

Nutraceutics is a recent term, born at the end of 80’s, but the notion to which it refers is very ancient: the nutraceutic foods (or functional foods) naturally contain high-concentration particular nutrients; or are enriched with synthetic extracts.  Amongst nutraceutics we can list probiotics, antioxidants, Omega-3, Omega-6, enzyme complexes and vitamins.

Chimitex food additives

The chemicals for food industry are sustances that are added to foods in order to modify the look, to improve the preservation or enhance the flavour.

Colorants:

The food colorants are chemical additives that do not have a nutritional value. Their function is to increase the palatability of a food, giving a particularly pleasant colour, or enhancing / restoring the original colour, if the production process affects it.

• E100-E199
• E170 CALCIUM CARBONATE
• E171 TITANIUM DIOXIDE
• E172 IRON OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES

Preservatives:

The chemical preservatives are substances that are added to food in order to slow down the deterioration during the time frame between the production and the consumption. They can be antimicrobial so as to prevent the proliferation of micro-organisms, or antioxidant in order to inhibit the chemical reactions stimulated by air or heat.

• E200-E299
• E200 SORBIC ACID
• E202 POTASSIUM SORBATE
• E211 SODIUM BENZOATE
• E221 SODIUM SULFITE
• E222 SODIUM BISULFITE
• E223 SODIUM METABISOLFITE
• E236 FORMIC ACID
• E237 SODIUM FORMATE
• E238 CALCIUM FORMATE
• E250 SODIUM NITRITE
• E251 SODIUM NITRATE
• E260 ACETIC ACID
• E 261 POTASSIUM ACETATE
• E262 SODIUM ACETATE
• E270 LACTIC ACID
• E280 PROPIONIC ACID
• E281 SODIUM PROPIONATE
• E296 MALIC ACID
• E297 FUMARIC ACID

Antioxidants and acidity regulators

The acidity regulators are chemical additives that modify the pH of foods, that is acidity or alkalinity.

Maintaining the right pH (usually raising it) has a preservation aim, because it prevents the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria like Clostridium Botulinum.

• E300-E399
• E300 ASCORBIC ACID
• E330 CITRIC ACID
• E331 TRISODIUM CITRATE
• E334 L(+) TARTARIC ACID
• E338 PHOSPHORIC ACID
• E339 MONOSODIUM PHOSPHATE
• DISODIUM PHOSPHATE
• TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE
• E340 MONOPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE
• DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE

Thickeners, stabilizers and emulsifiers

Thickeners and stabilizers are food additives that adjust the consistency and the state of the food, providing a specific viscosity or keeping the chemical and physical state. Emulsifiers  enable the mixability between two substances, mixability that would not be possible normally; for instance they are used for the uniform dispersion of a colourant inside the food.

• E400-E499
• E420 SORBITOL
• E422 GLYCEROL
• E450 DISODIUM DIPHOSPHATE
• TRISODIUM DIPHOSPHATE
• TETRASODIUM DIPHOSPHATE
• TETRAPOTASSIUM DIPHOSPHATE

Acidity regulators and anticaking agents

The anticaking agents prevent granular and powder foods from forming solid blocks, something that normally happens because of hygroscopy or fat molecules presence. So the foods can be used for a longer time and the obstruction of the machines pipes is avoided (for instance the coffee vending machines).

• E500-E599
• E500 SODIUM CARBONATE
• SODIUM BICARBONATE
• E501 POTASSIUM CARBONATE
• POTASSIUM BICARBONATE
• E503 AMMONIUM BICARBONATE
• E507 HYDROCHLORIC ACID
• E508 POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
• E509 CALCIUM CHLORIDE
• E510 AMMONIUM CHLORIDE
• E514 SODIUM SULFATE
• E517 AMMONIUM SULFATE
• E518 MAGNESIUM SULFATE
• E524 SODIUM HYDROXIDE
• E525 POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE
• E526 CALCIUM HYDROXIDE
• E529 CALCIUM OXIDE
• E576 SODIUM GLUCONATE

Humectants:

Humectants are hygroscopic food additives for food industry having the purpose to catch the water vapor on the foods surface and keep it, so that the humidity of the product can be kept. So the food is palatable and pleasant for a longer time.

• E1000-E1999
• E1518 GLYCERYL TRIACETATE -TRIACETIN
• E1520 PROPYLENE GLYCOL

Sweeteners:

Sweeteners are chemicals used in the food industry to sweeten foods, with an effect similar to sugar, but with a much lower caloric intake, so that you can have a dietetic food maintaning a pleasant and sweet taste.

• Trealose, Sucralose, Acesulfame K, Stevia, Natural from Agave and Maple Tree, in Powder/Crystals and Liquid Form
• Destrose
• Glucose

Other products:

• L-Proline, L-Trioline, Olein, Colin + Various Vitamins
• Animal Gelatin, Food and Pharma Grade (Fish, Bovine and Porcine origins)
• Hydrocolloids: Carob Seed flour, Tara, 3500/5000 Cps Guar, Xanthan Gum, Carragenine, Alginates
• High Functional Vegetable Extracts
• Lecithin (Sunflower and Soy)
• Starches from different origins
• Spirulina
• Fibers: Chicory / Agave or Artichoke Inuline, Lemon-Apple-Pea Fibers, Psyllium Feed and Food Grade
• Chia and Quinoa Flour
• Omega 3
• Taste Masking
• Milk Derivatives: Whey, Whey proteins, caseinates, Lactose