What is Acti?
ACTI is the brand name for a large range of cake improvers based on enzyme technology, allowing you to enhance a single functionality of a batter, or quality of a cake.
What are enzymes?
Enzymes are present in nature like plants & living organisms. They are reproduced at Puratos to improve the quality of your cakes without impacting your ingredient label. With our enzymes & baked goods expertise, we have created a wide range of cake improvers solutions called: ACTI. Discover how we harness the power of nature to help you improve your cake’s freshness, texture and cost.
Improve quality & grow your profitability, Acti brings you:
- Increased sales through improved quality and differentiated cakes.
- Increased efficiency thanks to faster product development, easy implementation and greater flexibility.
ACTI can be used in your existing recipes for a wide range of patisserie products, such as snack cakes, loaf cakes, layer cakes, sponge cakes, muffins, brownies and more!
Discover our range of Acti solutions:
Extend freshness: Acti Fresh
A texture improvement technology that helps to improve the shelf life, texture and reduce staling from day 1. Opportunities to extend shelf life.
Fat reduction: Acti Fat
Reduces vegetable oils in your cake and patisserie recipes by up to 30%, allowing to create fat reduction claims and improve the nutritional profile of finished goods.
Reduce sugar: Acti Sugar
Reduce up to 35% of sugar in your patisserie recipes to create a sugar reduction claim, whilst retaining great texture, volume and taste in your finished goods.
Reduce costs: Acti Egg
Enables reduction of 15% of egg in the cake recipe, reducing cost and improving the sustainability of finished goods.
Reduce labelling: Acti Clean(er) Label
Enables shorter packaging labels on patisserie products by replacing non-whipping emulsifiers with enzyme technology.
Talk to our experts
Need help choosing the right cake improver? Want to optimise your recipes for better texture, shelf life, or nutritional profile?
Laura Sherwood, Patisserie Specialist at Puratos UK, is here to support you. With deep technical expertise and a passion for patisserie, Laura works closely with bakers and manufacturers to help them:
Solve formulation challenges
Reduce sugar, fat, or egg while maintaining quality
Innovate with confidence using our Acti range
