Coating solutions for the perfect crispness

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Lyckeby’s potato starch solutions are excellent for coatings and batters, helping manufacturers create French fries and battered products with outstanding sensory performance and superior eating quality. By leveraging the unique functionality of potato-based ingredients, producers can enhance crispness, improve texture, and maintain that desirable crunch for longer. Whether the application is poultry, seafood, vegetables, meat, or plant-based products, Lyckeby offers modified and clean label solutions that improve quality and make products stand out in the market.

Our starches are developed to create different texture profiles, from a light and delicate crisp to a harder, more pronounced crunch, allowing manufacturers to tailor the eating experience to consumer preferences.

As consumer demand for simpler ingredient declarations continues to grow, clean label solutions have become increasingly important. Lyckeby addresses this need through its unique LYCKEBY CAREFUL portfolio, offering clean label starches specifically developed for coating and batter applications. From light, porous crispness to a harder crunch, LYCKEBY CAREFUL enables producers to create outstanding textures in meat, poultry, vegetables and plant-based food products.

A key ingredient in many successful coating systems is dextrin. LYCKEBY PLUS is a potato-based dextrin with excellent film-forming properties that create a protective barrier around the product surface. This barrier helps reduce fat uptake during frying while limiting moisture movement within the coating system. The result is enhanced and prolonged crispness, improved product quality, and a better consumer experience from preparation to consumption.

Pregelatinized starch can successfully replace xanthan and other gums to provide the desired viscosity in the batter mix. A replacement with starch can achieve cost optimizations and a simpler ingredient list.

At Lyckeby, we believe success depends on an exceptional eating experience, combining superior crispness, a satisfying bite, consistent texture, and longer-lasting crunch. By combining innovative potato starch technology, functional dextrins, and our unique clean label Careful portfolio, we help food manufacturers create products that attract consumers and meet the growing demand for both premium quality and clean label ingredients. Lyckeby’s innovative starch and dextrin solutions make it easier to create coatings and batters with outstanding performance.

• Improve crispness and texture
• Design appearance – thin invisible or expanded and puffed structure
• Prolonged crispness
• Batter viscosity
• Clean label products