Herbacel AQ Plus dietary fibres made of fibre rich parts of fruits, vegetables or cereals are nearly neutral in flavour and taste. The dietary fibre content varies between 85 and 92 %, depending on the raw material. The high dietary fibre content results mainly from non-starch polysaccharides of cell walls. Using a special technology the strong binding of the cell wall components (cellulose, hemicellulose and pectin) are partially expanded. This leads to enhanced nutritional and technological properties compared to the Classic fibres. The interaction with other ingredients, especially with water is improved.

The dietary fibres Herbacel AQ+ are multi-purpose fruit fibres derived from apples and citrus fruits. These dietary fibres are subjected to a subsequent purposeful and careful treatment in order to preserve an optimum of nutritional and technological properties. The high dietary fibre content of approximately 90 % (15 % of which are soluble), the high water retention capacity up to 17 g/g fibre and the cold soaking qualities are unmatched in fibres today.

Beside traditional application fields such as bakery goods (dietary fibre enrichment, fresh keeping, improved crumb and crust qualities, volume enhancement) these fibres are well appreciated for applications in soups, sauces, frozen foods, desserts or fruit preparations. The fibres support thickening and stabilizing properties and reduce tendency to syneresis in yoghurts and crèmes.