Products

Capitol Food Company Oat Flour is made by grinding groats that still have their bran layer intact, making it a great source of soluble fiber (beta-glucans) along with essential minerals. It is an ideal ingredient when you’re looking to add flavor, nutrition, and viscosity to a wide range of end products. It can be used as a preservative for ice cream and other dairy products, as a thickener for soups, gravies, and stews, and to add nutrition to bread, muffins, crackers, beverages, and desserts.

Capitol Food Company Pea Starch is a non-GMO, non-allergenic, and gluten-free ingredient. It is the last of the major by-products of peas but is different than pea flour or pea protein. Peas contain 40% starch, and the native starch form is a white powder that is neutral in taste and color with exceptionally high amylose content and gel strength.

Capitol Food Company Potato Granules are obtained during a process where the potato cells remain almost intact, which leads to a very low proportion of starch. This low starch content gives the granules a distinctive potato flavor, a short structure, and low expansion. This product is soluble at high temperatures when used as a thickening agent and can be used in snack products.

Capitol Food Company Rice Crisp is prepared from milled rice which is flavored with sugar, barley malt extract, and salt. It does not contain additives, chemicals, preservatives, or artificial sweeteners and is used in food applications. This is a high-quality, cost-effective, and SQF-certified product.

Capitol Food Company Corn Starch is obtained by grinding the white endosperm at the heart of the corn kernel. It is a common food ingredient, often used to thicken sauces or soups and to make corn syrup and other sugars.

Capitol Food Company Guar Gum is also called guaran, a galactomannan polysaccharide extracted from guar beans. This product has thickening and stabilizing properties that are useful in food, feed, and industrial applications. The guar seeds are mechanically dehusked, hydrated, milled, and screened according to application. It is typically produced as a free-flowing, off-white powder.

Capitol Food Company Soy Protein Isolate is rich in protein (23g per ounce, or 90% protein) and phosphorus and is a good source of isoflavones. It is mainly used to improve the texture of meat products, but it can also be used to increase protein content, enhance moisture retention, and act as an emulsifier.

Capitol Food Company Wheat Starch is a processed substance made from the endosperm of wheat grain. The endosperm is the protective barrier for the embryo (also known as the germ) of the wheat grain. It is obtained by "washing" the wheat grain to remove the bran and germ of the wheat grain. This product is commonly used as a texturizer or thickener.

Capitol Food Company Potato Starch is extracted from the cells of the root tubers of the potato plant, which contain starch grains called leucoplasts. To extract this starch, the potatoes are crushed, following which the starch grains are released from the destroyed cells. The starch is then washed out and dried to powder. This product often appears in gluten-free recipes as a thickener instead of flour.

Capitol Food Company Brown Rice Flour is 100% stone ground from the highest quality whole grain brown rice. This versatile gluten-free flour has a mild, nutty flavor and is used as breading, for thickening sauces and gravies, and in gluten-free baking recipes (brown rice flour pancakes, muffins, and gluten-free bread).

Capitol Food Company Potato Flour is obtained by grinding peeled and trimmed whole potatoes. This flour attracts and holds water, producing moist yeast bread with an excellent shelf life. It can be used as a thickener for smoother sauces, gravies, and soups, as well as in gluten-free cooking.

Capitol Food Company Tapioca Starch is also known as tapioca flour, a starchy white flour that is slightly sweet in flavor. It is a popular gluten-free flour made from starch extracted from the South American cassava plant. It is best known for the thick, chewy texture it lends to gluten-free baked goods. It also works well as an allergy-friendly thickener for sauces, soups, puddings, and stews.

Capitol Food Company White Rice Flour is produced by grinding polished rice (rice with bran and germ removed) into a powder. This flour can be used as a thickening agent for sauces and puddings. It is also very popular for the preparation of a variety of Asian noodles.

Capitol Food Company Vital Wheat Gluten is isolated from hard wheat flour by natural wet-processing techniques followed by a delicate flash-drying process. It retains the vitality or viscoelasticity of wet gluten before the drying step. This product provides strength and elasticity, increases volume, and improves the texture of bread, buns, dinner rolls, and other yeast-leavened products. It imparts firmness to pasta and noodles and is used to enhance the protein content of breakfast cereals and snacks.

Capitol Food Company Lecithin is a generic term given to designate any group of yellow-brownish fatty substances that occur in animal and plant tissues and are amphiphilic in nature, i.e., attract both water and fatty substances. It is used for smoothing food textures, emulsifying, homogenizing liquid mixtures, and repelling sticking materials.

Capitol Food Company Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate (SSL) is a versatile, FDA-approved food additive used to improve the mix tolerance and volume of processed foods. It is one type of commercially available lactylate that is non-toxic, biodegradable, and typically manufactured using biorenewable feedstocks. Because Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate (SSL) is a safe and highly effective food additive, it is used in a wide variety of products, ranging from baked goods and desserts to pet foods.