What kinds of specialty ingredients are considered as "texturizers" in
the food ingredients industry? (e.g. specialty starches)

Hello.


"Texturizer is a generic term for products which are added to food
products to provide texture. They can originate for animal, vegetable
and bio-synthetic sources. Examples are gelatin, milk protein, pectin,
carrageenan, xanthan gum."
source: Norfoods
http://www.norfoods.se/lundberg/html/eng_html/products/texturizer.htm

"Texturizers
  Cellulosics
  Xanthan Gum
  Carrageenan
  Guar Gum
  Gelatin
  Gellan
  Pectin
  Gum Arabic  "

source: Freedonia Group: Food & Beverage Additives
http://www.freedoniagroup.com/Food-And-Beverage-Additives.html


"Thickeners, stabilizers, texturizers (improve texture): carrageenan,
casein, gelatin, gum, maltodextrin, modified starch, pectin, whey"
source: Green Guide Food Labels
http://www.thegreenguide.org/article/food/labels


"Vincent (1986) estimated that the annual world food production of
texturizing agents exceeded one million tons. Starch and modified
starches contributed 82% of this amount. Other texturizing agents
whose sales exceed 10,000 tons per annum are gum acacia, alginates,
carrageenans, carboxymethylcellulose, gelatin, guar gum, locust bean
gum, pectin and xanthan gum."
source:
FOOD TEXTURE AND VISCOSITY: CONCEPT AND MEASUREMENT
http://www.harcourt-international.com/e-books/pdf/232.pdf


"guar, xanthan, acacia, arabic gums, konjac flour and cellulose gel"
source: Foods of Tomorrow - Texturizers - august 1999
http://www.foodprocessing.com/Web_First/fp.nsf/ArticleID/LKIE-4LPRXJ/

"Agar, Alginates, Arabic, Carrageenan, Cassia,Carboxy Methyl Cellulose
(CMC), Gelatin, Gellan, Guar, Karaya, Konjac Flour, Locust bean gum
(LBG), Methyl Cellulose and hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose (MC/HPMC),
Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC), Pectin, Starch, Tara, Tragacanth,and
Xanthan...
... it is these texturizers that provide the underpinning of countless
food formulations. "

source: The Future of Foods, Industry Trendes
http://www.ellinghuysen.com/trends/trends.htm

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I hope this helps.