Special Ingredients are suppliers of the finest quality food ingredients & flavourings to the trade throughout UK, Europe & Worldwide. Due to the range and quality of our products we have built a customer base to include some of the worlds leading Chefs, Restaurants, Producers & Foodies. Offering the most innovative products in modernist cuisine. Using the power of nature & science to develop new & exciting concepts.
Our Calcium Lactate is a premium quality product and an extract of Lactic Acid. It works well in the production of Caviar, pearls, spaghetti and spheres using spherification techniques. Calcium Lactate can also be used to coat fresh fruit and cantaloupes to keep them firm and extend the shelf life. It's a white non-hygroscopic salt and is a recommended source of calcium.
Sodium Alginate is an extract of seaweed, used by molecular chefs for the spherification process. It forms a gel in the presence of calcium ions. Sodium Alginate is a gelling agent that dilutes when cold with strong agitation. It can be used to create soft, firm, ambient and heat-resistant gels and to produce foams. Sodium Alginate is also commonly used as a thickener, emulsifier and texture improver.
