Products | Tastebooster

Caramelisation

Caramelisation is a complex chain of reactions that is responsible for the formation of flavour in many products. The delicious flavour of coffee also comes from caramelisation. Coffee beans contain sugars, which are caramelised during roasting, forming many key aroma compounds. In Royal Buisman’s products, these key aroma compounds also occur naturally.

Aroma Compounds

Coffee is one of the most complex flavours. More than 800 different aroma compounds have been identified, but only a small number of compounds are the main contributors to coffee aroma. Furanic compounds such as furaneol, maple furanone and sotolon, as well as aldehydes like 3-methylbutanal, are key to the aroma of coffee. All of these compounds can also be found in natural caramelised sugars from Royal Buisman.

A Unique Process

Royal Buisman’s unique process results in a product that is extremely rich in aroma compounds. Sugars are heated at atmospheric pressure and water is released, resulting in a high level of dry matter. This creates favourable conditions for the formation of aroma compounds. The hot mass is then cooled using a cooling plate and ground into a powder. This ensures that the aroma compounds are not lost. This would occur with spray drying technology, which is widely used by other manufactures of caramelised sugar.

How it's made

Flavour Profile

We can offer a range of caramelised sugars, each with a unique flavour profile to suit your individual needs. You can enrich and balance the flavour profile, boost overall flavour intensity and improve the aftertaste. The Flavour Wheel shows the impact of several of our caramelised sugars on the aroma profile of a standard quality, soluble coffee. The combination of coffee and the dosage of each of type of caramelised sugar determines the final flavour profile.

A rich aroma

During the intensive processing when producing soluble coffee, transformations and loss of aroma compounds occur. This disadvantage can be partly overcome by aroma recovery. However, the delicate balance of aroma compounds found in freshly brewed coffee is difficult to achieve. Natural caramelised sugars can restore this balance, ensuring the taste experience of freshly roasted and brewed coffee.

Creating long-lasting value

Creating long-lasting value for our customers is deeply rooted in our company’s culture. Our international team of coffee experts is dedicated to providing technical assistance to all of our customers.

Based on our expertise and in close collaboration, we can assist you in optimising your product and strengthening your business.

Experience it yourself

Our team of Food Technologists have developed a range of easy-to-use demo kits, which clearly demonstrate the benefits of natural caramelised sugars.

Contact us