Soups & Sauces Applications: Starch & Texture Solutions

Soups, Sauces and Dressings

Consumers want more than just convenience.

They expect the same satisfying mouthfeels, velvety textures and bold flavours, but in products that fit their modern, health-conscious lifestyles. 

Options like cleaner, plant-based options, with reduced additives, sugar and salt. 


Common culinary challenges we can help you overcome

Tate & Lyle's SSD Solutions -Clean Label
Clean-label texture and stability
Using plant-based starches and fibres to create natural body, smooth cling and dependable stability in soups, sauces and dressings.
Tate & Lyle's SSD Solutions - Lower Fat and Sugar
Lower fat and sugar performance
Replacing fat and sugar functionality to maintain creaminess, viscosity and flavour balance across reduced soup and sauce recipes.
Tate & Lyle's SSD Solutions - Shelf Life
Consistent quality and shelf life
Developing stabiliser systems that support emulsion stability, freeze thaw tolerance and reliable quality from production to consumption.
Together, we can stir up the industry.

Whether it’s low-fat creamy dressings, salt-reduced savory sauces or shelf-stable soups with a fresh cooked feel, our experts have spent decades helping customers innovate products that perform perfectly, from the first pour to the last drizzle. 

A snapshot of our category expertise

Designing a texturally appealing low-fat mayonnaise at an affordable price can be challenging. With our processing expertise and plant-based starches and texturants, we can help you reduce fat and achieve a smooth, creamy mouthfeel while keeping recipe costs down. 

Formulating egg-free mayonnaise without compromising texture, viscosity or stability isn’t easy. With our expert solutions, we can replicate the functional benefits of eggs, helping you offer vegan options with clean labels, extended shelf life, and above all, provide the creamy mouthfeel consumers expect. 

Producing cost-efficient, vegan-friendly pourable dressings is becoming increasingly challenging. With our portfolio of functional stabiliser and mouthfeel solutions, we can help you devise delicious allergen-free, eggfree options, simplifying formulation and reducing costs. 

Reducing sugar and tomato in tomato-based sauces often leads to weak, unappealing results. With our sweeteners, fibres and starches, you can replace sugar, restore bulk and enhance mouthfeel, helping you cut production costs without compromising quality or taste. 

Creating soups and broths with premium tastes and mouthfeel without sacrificing stability can be difficult. Using plant-based ingredients, we can help you craft rich, wholesome products that last longer on the shelf, with velvety textures and inviting flavours in every spoonful. 

Introduce novel textures of formulations can often compromise the crunchy texture of coatings. Using our plant-based starches and texturants, you can achieve gluten-free, ‘better-for-you products’ that keep a lighter, crisper bite. 

From source to sauce: Engineering excellence.

Satisfaction and performance shouldn't be a trade-off. Collaborate with us to solve your toughest formulation challenges and deliver perfection in every pour, dollop and drizzle.