Class: Amylase
Format: Granulate
OptiCake® Excel

Novonesis OptiCake Excel increases crumb softness and elasticity. It's suitable for industrial muffins, pound and sponge cakes. It helps them keep their freshly-baked qualities throughout storage. OptiCake® Excel improves softness, moistness and delivers superior texture.
Product features, details and benefits
- Keeps shape through storageThe phospholipase in OptiCake® Excel helps ensure good cake volume, shape and crumb structure through shelf life.
- Maintains crumb softness and elasticityThis fresh-keeping solution delivers crumb softness and crumb elasticity.
- Maintains moistnessThis product delivers superior softness, elasticity, and a new level of perceived moistness throughout shelf life.
OptiCake® Excel is a synergistic blend of enzymes. It excels at slowing down the staling process in cakes and muffins. It also has an instant impact, as it improves moistness sensory score from day one. OptiCake® Excel keeps packaged sweet goods soft and elastic through storage. At any time it considerably improves moistness perception.
This product contains enzymes. While enzymes are safe to use in consumer applications, they need correct handling in working environments to ensure workers’ safety.
Indeed, repeated inhalation of enzyme dust or aerosols resulting from improper handling may induce sensitization and may cause allergic type 1 reactions in sensitized individuals.
Please follow the precautionary handling recommendations below:
- Avoid breathing dust/fume/gas/mist/vapors/spray
- Avoid contact with eyes, skin, or clothing
- In case of inadequate ventilation wear respiratory protection
- IF INHALED: Remove person to fresh air and keep comfortable for breathing
- If experiencing respiratory symptoms: Call a POISON CENTER or a doctor
- Store in a dry place. Store in a closed container
- Dispose of contents/containers in accordance with local regulations
For recommendations on how to safely handle the enzyme product, please visit the guide.
Details
Packaged cakes and muffins start to lose their fresh eating quality immediately after baking. OptiCake® Excel is a synergistic enzyme blend that helps to delay these changes and maintain freshness during shelf life. It also ensures good cake volume, shape and crumb structure.
With OptiCake® Excel, your cakes will have up to 10% more volume and a better shape and top. OptiCake® Excel also delivers a more uniform crumb structure, so your cakes will be less crumbly when sliced.
The freshness perception in packaged cakes and muffins is key to consumer preference. In a survey of more than 400 European consumers, three-quarters preferred products baked with OptiCake® Excel*.
* N=416 consumers in France and U.K. Evaluation after two weeks of storage.
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