HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL WEIGHTING AGENT BY GREEN MODIFICATION OF NATURAL FIBERS TO STABILIZE FLAVORED OILS IN BEVERAGES

The goal of this project is to develop an oil densifying ingredient, i.e. weighting agent, from agricultural byproducts that stabilizes beverages, is natural, and considered a clean label food ingredient without toxic side effects of many current weighting agent options. Several new proposed process techniques will be studied for a range of fibrous raw materials.For the beverage development part of the project,application guidelinesthat outline how to use, e.g. usage rate and incorporation instructions, forthe new ingredient (Densi-Fi) will be studied.