A handy explanation of food additive meanings.

This is just a brief list of the products we supply, not every product makes it onto the website. If you have any special requirements please use the contact form.

Agar Agar	Bicarb Soda - Sodium Bicarbonate	Calcium Citrate
Calcium Chloride	Calcium Gluconate	Calcium Propionate
Calcium Sulphate	Caffeine Anhydrous Powder	Cocoa Powder Alkalised - Dutch
Citric Acid	Cream of Tartar	Dextrose Monohydrate
Erythoric Acid	Fructose	Guar Gum
Glycerine	Lecthin Granules GMO FREE	Maltodextrin Powder
Malic Acid	Nagari (Magnesium Chloride)	Potassium Chloride
Potassium Citrate	Potassium Sorbate	Salt
Sorbitol Powder	Sorbitol Liquid	Sodium Erythorbate
Sodium Nitrate & Sodium Nitrite	Sodium Ascorbate	Sodium Metabisulphite
Sodium Citrate	Sodium Benzoate	Sodium Bicarbonate
Tartaric Acid	Magnesium Chloride Flakes - Nagari	Titanium Dioxide
Magnesium Sterate (Magnesium Stearate)	Mannitol	Xylitol Powder

Molecular Gastronomy Ingredients

The Melbourne Food Ingredient Depot and Raymond Capaldi of Fenix Restaurant & Events have teamed up to bring you the Raymond Capaldi Signature Series of Molecular Gastronomy Ingredients. These hand picked and tested ingredients by Australia's leading practitioner will have you well on the way to molecular stardom.

These ingredients are at the cutting edge of culinary endevour in Australia. The Food Depot supplies most of the top kitchens in Melbourne.

Functional Foods

Functional foods are foods that provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition. Ingredients may naturally occurr in these foods or processing may boost these levels. Food Standards Australia New Zealand defines these foods as "similar in appearance to conventional foods and intended to be consumed as part of a normal diet, but modified to serve physiological roles beyond the provision of simple nutrient requirements.

Functional foods can play a benefit in the following:
foods that afford cardiovascular protection
foods with benefits for the digestive system
foods designed to protect against certain cancers
foods with carbohydrate or fat alternatives
foods for improving mood or cognition.

The Melbourne Food Ingredient Depot stocks many functional foods. These maybe as single ingredients or as ready to consume products. A selection of these functional foods are manufactured by The Melbourne Food Depot or sourced from our approved manufacturers list. A selection of these products are available from our purchasing area.

The leading Australian Certified Organic product in the function food area is Bio-Grape.
This product is back by extensive research and manufactured here in Australia from Australian Organic products. It contains no preservatives, colours, flavours or animal by products. The Manufacturer Martin Cheney has devised The Orac Diet, which will add years to your life and life to your years. The ORAC Diet is a delicious way of eating, a natural path to health and vitality. Every one of you can slow down and may even reverse many of the body's natural ageing processes, and you will not only feel better and look better, but you will gain enormous protection against the scourges of modern degenerative diseases. All you have to do is eat more foods rich in dark blue colour pigments, the antioxidants that have a high ORAC rating.

ORAC Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity
The US Department Of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Centre on Ageing (HNRCA) at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts has been studying the antioxidant properties of whole foods. They set out to measure the total antioxidant power of individual foods. They established the Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity (the ORAC score) a measure of each food's ability to neutralize free radicals and protect the body from ageing and degenerative disease. According to the researchers, we should be aiming for at least 3,000 and, for a maximum protection, 5000 ORAC units every single day.

Vegetable Powders

These are our standard stock. We can also powder any vegetable, min quantities do apply.

Broccoli Powder	Beetroot Powder	Cranberry Powder	Capsicum Powder
Carrot Powder	Spinach Powder	Prune Powder	Papaya Fruit Powder
Tomato Powder	Apricot Powder

Health Manufacturing Ingredients

Alfalfa Grass Powder - Australian Organic	Ascorbic Acid Powder	Barley Grass Powder - Australian Organic	Calcium Ascorbate
Magnesium Gluconate Powder	Calcium Gluconate Powder	Zinc Gluconate Powder	Potassium Gluconate Powder
MSM - Methyl Sulfonyl Methane	Nagari (Magnesium Chloride)	Glucosamine Sulfate	Psyllium Husk Powder
Chlorella Powder	Spirulina Powder	Wheat Grass Powder

Paddymelon Products

The Melbourne Food Ingredient Depot manufacturers all the products for Paddymelon. If you wish to check out the paddymelon range please go to www.paddymelon.com.au. This will open in a new browser window so you can continue to browse the Melbourne Food Depot.

Seeds for Sprouting - Organic or Chem free

Barley grass seeds Aust Organic

Broccoli seeds sprouting chemical free

Wheat Grass Seeds Aust Organic