Gourmet salads

Description of product

Gourmet salads are ready-to-eat preparations with portions of meat, sausage, cheese or fish as well as egg, vegetables, potatoes and mushrooms with mayonnaise or dressing.

• See also: mayonnaise, dressing

Possible applications of gene technology

Applications of gene technology are possible in the following ingredients that commonly are found in gourmet salads. However, the extent to which a particular product is affected by these possibilities cannot be stated with certainty:

Mayonnaise:

• oil: plant-based fats, e.g. soya oil, rapeseed oil / canola, corn oil
• emulgators such as lecithin, mono- und diglycerides
• conservation with enzymes: catalase, glucose oxydase
• thickened sauces also may contain the colouring beta-carotene

In particular in the case of reduced-calorie products:

• starches and modified starches
• sweeteners such as sorbitol, aspartame
• milk protein or whey powder
• acidifier citric acid