Truffle Candy
Albert Heijn in Belgium launched a truffle candy with sucrose esters. Sucrose esters can have various functionalities in the centres of such truffles; in general sucrose esters can keep all components finely divided; the fat, the sugar (crystals), the air bubbles. All in all sucrose esters can help to create a stable, soft, smooth and short-textured truffle-centre.
Immune Spray
A. Vogel in the Netherlands launched an immune spray with sucrose esters. In the spray is peppermint, probably in the form of peppermint oil. Sucrose esters are able to create extremely fine oil droplets. This can be done with the 2-step concentrated emulsion technique. First a oil-in-glycerin emulsion is prepared, and this concentrated emulsion is then added to an end product.
Soft Drink
Mentos is a brand know for chewy candy and gums, but now has launched a soft drink in Solvenia. In this drink also sucrose esters are used. There is a little oil in the recipe, and possibly also oil soluble colours or flavours. Sucrose esters can be used to create extremely small oil droplets that remain finely divided in the drink.
Gluten-Free Bake Mix
Dibro in Belgium launched a gluten-free home bake mix for waffles. Gluten-free bakery products contain more starch, compared to their regular countertype. Starches are responsible for staling, so gluten-free bakery products are extra sensitive for staling. Sucrose esters inhibit staling, so the baked products remain soft and tender for a longer time.