SOLUTIONS FOR

Confectionery

At TRADES, we offer a wide range of confectionery ingredients that combine quality, innovation, and versatility—developed to meet new market demands and create attractive, indulgent, and distinctive products.

SOLUTIONS FOR

Confectionery

At TRADES, we offer a wide range of confectionery ingredients that combine quality, innovation, and versatility—developed to meet new market demands and create attractive, indulgent, and distinctive products.

SOLUTIONS FOR

Confectionery

At TRADES, we offer a wide range of confectionery ingredients that combine quality, innovation, and versatility—developed to meet new market demands and create attractive, indulgent, and distinctive products.

CATALOG

Ingredients for Confectionery

Download our catalog and discover ingredients and solutions for chocolates, candies, gummies, and other confectionery applications, featuring options for flavor, texture, color, and indulgence.

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Ingredients for confectionery

COLOR AND FLAVOR SOLUTIONS

INCLUSIONS AND TOPPINGS

Freeze-dried fruit: Offers intense flavor and color, labeled as 100% fruit, and good value. Available in a wide variety of types and sizes.

Freeze-dried crunchy fruit: A blend made from fruit juice, fruit puree, and other ingredients, which is then freeze-dried. It provides intense flavor and color, as well as a crunchy texture that holds up over time in fatty media. A wide variety of fruits and combinations with other ingredients such as yogurt, botanicals, or vegetables, among others.

Freeze-dried fruit drops: Semicircular drops made with up to 100% fruit juice, featuring a soft texture and intense flavor. Perfect as healthy snacks. Available in a variety of flavors.

URC® Fruit: Produced using a patented process called Ultra Rapid Concentration (URC®). The result is fruit pieces with very low water content, a long shelf life, and a high fruit content (up to 100%).

With an ultra-crunchy and light texture, achieved through freeze-drying to intensify its flavor. Ideal for creative confectionery, toppings, and unique snacks. Available in various flavors and sizes.

Various formats: whole, chopped, powdered, crumble, crep, etc. Special recipes available: gluten-free, lactose-free, egg-free, RSPO, UTZ, colored, etc. Chopped crep, with or without gluten, made with butter or margarine.

Available in the form of caramelized pieces: pumpkin seeds, quinoa, flaxseed, almonds, hazelnuts, pecans, and toasted coconut. Ideal for use as a garnish or as an ingredient. A wide variety of nougat with pieces of nuts or other ingredients.

Puffed or extruded cereals and granola, textured pea products, puffed or toasted flakes, high in protein and low in sugar.

Legumes, grains, and seeds that have been heat-treated to achieve a crisp, stable texture—without frying or oil—making them ideal as toppings or ingredients in confectionery products. Ready to use, they add crunch, nutritional value, and excellent stability. Available in chopped and whole forms: pumpkin seeds, chickpeas, lentils, buckwheat, oats, and rice, among others.

Natural, food-grade, or artificial colorings. Powder, liquid, or emulsion.

Natural or synthetic fragrances, in powder, liquid, or paste form. Custom solutions for new product development, countermeasures, and even to improve profitability.

A range of carrageenan products, tara gum, and functional blends designed to improve the texture, stability, and performance of food products. They act as thickeners and stabilizers, adapting to different matrices depending on the type of application. Suitable for use in vegan soft candy.

Microencapsulated additives, sugars and extracts for the food industry, especially for the confectionery sector. They offer coatings with different types of fat and thickness. Wide range of acids, extracts and other ingredients.

Produced through a slow caramelization and drying process that yields varying intensities of color and flavor, with a very fine powder consistency. Ideal as an alternative to roller-style powdered milk. The product line includes both unflavored varieties and those with special flavor profiles, such as toffee, dulce de leche, and confiture au lait, among others.

Yogurt powder with different degrees of acidity and types of fat (vegetable or dairy). Other specialties are also available: fresh cheese, kefir, skyr, quark or crème brûlée.

Honey powder, rice, quinoa and agave syrups.

Oat, rice and millet extract powder 100% of vegetable origin. With great sweetening power that allows reducing the sugar content, depending on the application.

Whole oat flour, hulled, milled, heat-treated and hydrolyzed. It does not have the grit and viscosity of a standard flour, allowing for easy vegan applications.

Meltec®: A syrup-like, plant-based, clean-label, semisolid fiber that shares the same technological properties as sugar. It helps improve texture and mouthfeel in reduced-sugar products and functions as a bulking agent. It is allergen-free, flavorless, and water-soluble. It does not impart sweetness.

Microsin®: Micronized plant fiber with an ultrafine particle size, containing 78% fiber, designed for fiber enrichment with virtually inert behavior. It acts as a bulking agent and adds solids, improving the nutritional profile with minimal impact on color, flavor, and mouthfeel.

FUNCTIONAL SOLUTIONS

Cartidyss®: Hydrolyzed fish cartilage . Type II collagen (62%). Skin protection. Beauty and joint care.

Zynamite®: A patented botanical extract from mango leaves (Mangifera indica) that offers cognitive and physical performance benefits beyond those provided by caffeine, but without its side effects. It supports concentration, helps combat mental fatigue, and supports memory. Intended for use as a dietary supplement.

Customized micronutrient premixes (vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc.) and botanical extracts tailored to the specific requirements of each product: format, health category, production conditions, etc.

PhytoFerm® Technology: A wide range of botanical extracts featuring patented PhytoFerm® fermentation technology that enhances their bioaccessibility, bioavailability, and bioactivity at low doses. Offers multiple benefits for digestive, immune, cognitive, cardiovascular, muscular, and cellular health. Includes fermented extracts of turmeric, ginger, fruits and vegetables, berries, and kombucha, among others.

PROTEIN SOLUTIONS

Milk concentrate 80% and whey protein isolate 90%.

Available in varieties such as peas, fava beans, red lentils, and chickpeas, and designed to provide nutritional and functional benefits.

Isolates: Protein content of 70–85%. They are characterized by their high protein concentration, neutral flavor, good dispersibility, and low-to-medium viscosity. Suitable for protein fortification in formulations where the goal is to maintain a controlled texture and sensory profile.

Concentrates: Protein content of 40–60%. They combine a significant protein content with enhanced technological functionality, offering properties such as emulsification, binding, water retention, textural enhancement, and gelling.

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