Calico Food Ingredients is your Canadian source for PTX Food Corp.'s advanced line of fermentation ingredients. PTX manufactures a range of all natural products through advanced use of fermentation technology from bases such as whey, soy, potato, corn syrups and wheat. The fermentations produce ingredients that can be used to inhibit mold growth, enhance savory and other flavors, and extend shelf life in a variety of baked goods and other food products.

PTX products find application in many different applications in the food industry. Whether you are looking to enhance an anemic flavour profile, mask an off or bitter taste, or extend shelf life without adding synthetic preservatives PTX has the solution

Product Line:

Flavor Enhancers:

Flavor Whey SW40: a natural broad range flavor enhancer with a clean label declaration
Ingredients: Cultured Whey(processing aids: maltodextrin, soy oil)

Cheese Enhancer K100: primarily used as a cheddar cheese enhancer for cost savings and improving flavor of young "green" cheeses
Ingredients: Cultured Whey, Cultured Potato Extract, Cultured Soy and wheat, maltodextrin, salt, soy oil.

Natural Preservatives:

CAP Series: A kosher-dairy, natural mold inhibitor that replaces calcium propionate in many food products:
Ingredients: Cultured Whey, Whey

CAPARVE Series: A Kosher-parve, non-dairy, natural mold inhibitor that also replaces calcium propionate.
Ingredients: Cultured corn syrup solids, Wheat Starch

Confidant: A kosher-dairy natural preservative that is effective against mold, gram negative and gram positive bacteria.
Ingredients Cultured Skim Milk, Whey

Application Guide

Application Shelf Life Extenders Flavor Enhancers Mold Inhibitors
Baked Goods
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Batters & Breadings
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Beverages
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Dairy& Cheese
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Desserts
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Dips & Spreads
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Frozen Foods
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Marinades
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Meat
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Pet Foods

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Pizza
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Sauces & Gravies
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Seafood
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Seasonings
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Snack Foods
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Soups
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Spice
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PTX provides customers with a bio-technical approach to food ingredients that does not involve DNA alteration of the food grade fermentation organisms. The resulting products retain natural characteristics and provide alternatives to synthetically produced chemicals consumers of today want to eliminate from their diets.