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Posted 23 July 2019 - 01:23 PM

To anyone that has a lot of experience in the spice and seasoning industry, your help is greatly appreciated! 

 

So we have a "Lemon Pepper" seasoning, I am sure many of you know it. It has been constantly clumping after sealing and packaging. To make this seasoning, we add Tricalcium Phosphate (anti-caking agent). We had around 6 pounds of it out of 366 pounds of final product. I do know that this anti-caking agent does not need much to have an effect in the seasoning, but what is going on wrong that we are doing? Here is the rest of the formulation:

 

Salt (100 lb) , Black pepper (100 lb), citric acid (80 lb) , onion powder (12 lb) , MSG (15 lb) , garlic powder (10 lb), Lemon peel powder (40 lb), Tricalcium phosphate (6 lb), Turmeric powder ( 3lbs). 

 

Could it be another ingredient that is being added that is absorbing a lot of moisture that the 6 lb of tricalcium is doing any help? Perhaps the lemon peel? 

 

Could we perhaps change to another anti-caking agent?

 

We have controlled our facility humidity and it's never above 55%. 

 

Any help would be appreciated!


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Posted 23 July 2019 - 01:49 PM

Hi Food Scientist

Try Calcium stearate 

 

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Posted 23 July 2019 - 01:51 PM

Hi Food Scientist

Try Calcium stearate 

 

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Dr Humaid khan

Managing Director

Halal International Services

Australia

 

I actually was looking at ingredients for a competitor and it looks like they used three different type of anti-caking agents: Calcium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide and Calcium Silicate. Perhaps we need to use three different ones given the other ingredients like onion & lemon peel absorb a lot of moisture.


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Posted 27 July 2019 - 11:52 AM

Try using the silicone dioxide and also check the water content of the powders. Check that you also don’t mix too much once producing .





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