At TRADES, we offer a range of quality confectionery ingredients that meet the growing demand for healthy and indulgent foods. We work in collaboration with industry professionals to develop innovative and versatile options that delight our customers and promote a healthy lifestyle.
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Freeze-dried fruits: They offer many benefits: intense flavor and color, 100% fruit labeling and good cost in use. Wide variety of options and sizes available.
Freeze-dried fruit crunch: Mixture formulated from juice, fruit puree and other ingredients, subsequently freeze-dried. It provides an intense flavor and color, and a crunchy texture that is maintained over time in fatty media. Wide range of fruits and combinations with other ingredients such as yogurt, botanicals or vegetables, among others.
URC® Fruit: Obtained through a patented process called Ultra Rapid Concentration (URC®). We obtain fruit pieces with very low water activity, long shelf life and high fruit content (up to 100%).
Candied and semi-candied fruit: Processed at low temperature to preserve the natural texture, color and flavor of fresh fruit. Available in various formats such as cubes, strips and whole pieces.
Freeze-dried fruit drops: Semi-circular drops made with up to 100% fruit juice, with smooth texture and intense flavor. Perfect as a healthy snack. Available in different flavors and formats.
Cabosse Naturals®: Reprocessing ingredient from cocoa fruit. Its range of natural ingredients is composed of cocoa fruit juice, pulp (in liquid and powder form) and concentrate.
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.
Harina de avena Gluten free: Fabricadas a partir de avena. Menos de <10 ppm de gluten.
Agrain bagasse flour: Upcycled flour, made from beer bagasse. With a very interesting nutritional profile: 20% protein, 60% dietary fiber, 9 essential amino acids, rich in vitamins and minerals. It can be obtained from more than 160 different types of beer to obtain a characteristic color and aroma. Available a reference with notes similar to cocoa that allows the substitution of cocoa in tablets, chocolates, fillings and chocolates for industrial purposes.
Trucal® Milk Calcium: Contains an optimal balance of calcium and natural minerals derived from milk, recommended for bone density and growth.
Cartidyss®: Hydrolyzed fish cartilage. Type II collagen (62%). Skin protection. Beauty and joint care.
Biotis Galactooligosaccharides (Biotis® GOS): Non-digestible prebiotic of dairy origin. Nourishes the microbiome and microbiota. It has excellent solubility, is stable to temperature and acidity. Neutral flavor and color. Available in concentrated form (Biotis® GOS HP).
Sucrosomial® Technology: Used to improve the absorption and tolerance of microelements and macroelements. It increases the absorption of the active ingredient, protects the active ingredient from the acidic gastric environment, reduces interaction with other nutrients, avoids typical side effects and ensures a neutral taste. Minerals: Magnesium, Zinc, Iron, Calcium, Selenium, Iodine and Chromium. Vitamins: Vitamin D3.
Pepform® Tryptophan: Helps memory, combats stress and promotes sleep.
Rhodiolife®: The adaptogen for cognitive and sports health. It offers a wide range of benefits, helping the body adapt to stress. This extensively studied adaptogen is standardized to two different grades of rosavins and salidroside.
Zynamite®: Patented botanical extract, which offers cognitive and physical performance benefits beyond those provided by caffeine, but without its side effects. With antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, in addition to containing other polyphenols.
DHA: DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) is a key nutrient that plays vital roles in brain, eye and cardiovascular health and mood regulation. Available in vegan (15% DHA) and vegetarian (20% DHA) versions.
Microsin®: Micronized vegetable fibers with ultra-fine particle size, neutral taste and odor. They can be used for fiber enrichment and act as bulking agent.
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.
Milk concentrate 80% and whey protein isolate 90%.
Plantaris™: Range of vegetable protein isolates from pea or bean. The protein has undergone an innovative process to facilitate rapid dispersion in an aqueous medium. Fairly neutral flavor, good mouthfeel and high stability over time. Ideal for use in soluble cocoa or fillings, among others.
Crunchy and very pleasant taste. Based on milk or vegetable protein. Different protein concentrations.
Pepform®: Peptide technology designed to improve the solubility and functionality of amino acids.
Pepform® Leucine: One of the twenty amino acids used by cells to synthesize proteins. Reduces muscle tissue degradation (sarcopenia) by increasing muscle protein synthesis. Ideal for pre and post workout.
Pepform® Glutamine: Functions as an energy substrate for ATP resynthesis. Helps repair damaged tissues, decreases intestinal permeability and protects muscles by promoting protein synthesis and preventing catabolism. It helps the correct functioning of the immune system.
Ready to eat options are crunchy legumes treated in a natural way, without frying, which offer many possibilities: they improve the nutritional profile and can be used as decoration or inclusion. They can be incorporated inside the chocolate dough, providing a very interesting crunchiness.
Fillings with fruit content up to 90%. Other options with lower fruit content (30-40%) and longer shelf life are also available. Wide variety of sweet fillings with chocolate or caramel profile, among others.
Croquant range: Crunchy praline/fatty filling thanks to the crepe incorporated in the recipe. They are ready to be used directly as fillings in chocolate, maintaining their crunchiness over time. They do not contain palm fat. Wide range of flavors such as blueberry pie, passion fruit, pistachio, lemon pie, speculoos or caramel.
Caramel: Wide variety of caramel inclusions and toppings: soft-textured fudge, butterscotch or toffee crunch pieces, chopped hard caramel, etc. Available in different sizes, shapes and flavors. Possibility of RSPO, Rainforest, vegan references, etc.
Sugar: Sugar-based pearls in different shapes and sizes, with flavors and
colorants. Soft or crunchy texture. Special varieties such as salted, supersour, natural coloring, chocolate coated, honeycomb (chopped), etc.
Freeze-dried candies: Innovative with ultra-crunchy and light texture, obtained by freeze-drying to intensify its flavor. Ideal for creative confectionery, toppings and differentiated snacks. Available in several flavors and
sizes.
Various formats: whole, chopped, powdered, crumble, crepe, etc. Possibility of special recipes: gluten-free, lactose-free, egg-free, RSPO, UTZ, colored, etc. Crepes in pieces, with or without gluten, butter or margarine base.
Available in the form of caramelized pieces: pumpkin seeds, quinoa, flax, almond, toasted coconut, etc. Ideal to be used as decoration or inclusion. Wide variety of nougat with pieces of nuts or other ingredients. Examples: with roasted corn, coffee nibs, etc.
Crunchy texture and pleasant flavor. Extruded, flaked, puffed or toasted options.
Extensive range developed specifically for confectionery products. Available in natural or synthetic format, powder or liquid.
Natural colorants, coloring foodstuff or artificial. Powder or liquid.
Obtained by a slow process of caramelization and drying with which different intensities of color and flavor are obtained with a very fine powder granulometry. Ideal as an alternative to roller milk powder. The range includes references without aroma or with special aromatic profiles: toffee, dulce de leche, confiture au lait, etc. Option of caramelized vegetable drinks.
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.
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