Protein

Roquette (La Madeleine, France) is launching two new plant-based textured proteins in order to address consumer demand for sensory, diversity, and sustainable nutritional improvements.

Roquette Ventures and Advanced Protein Technologies, a bio venture company developing human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), have signed an agreement to work together on the development of new human breast milk components. 

In Nutritional Outlook's 2019 Best of the Industry Awards, we are recognizing individuals, groups, and companies whose initiatives today may help shape, for the better, the state of the dietary supplement and food and beverage industries for years to come.

Perfect Day is offering consumers and companies a new choice: non-animal, flora-based dairy protein.

Merit Functional Foods announced that it has received a Letter of No Objection from FDA in response to a GRAS (generally recognized as safe) notification for its pea protein ingredients. 

Adding critical cofactors, including magnesium, collagen, and vitamin K2, to current nutritional recommendations for bone health could go a long way towards helping to reduce the occurrence of osteoporosis and related disorders.

Axiom Foods Inc. has signed a domestic distribution agreement with Univar Solutions, as well as international distribution agreements with Univar Solutions Brazil, Brenntag Food and Nutrition, and Healy Group.

Market researcher IRI provided its insight on which retail channels for dietary supplements are growing, or shrinking, at CRN’s The Conference.

With more U.S. adults taking dietary supplements than ever before, continued consumer confidence in the safety, quality, and efficacy of supplements will remain of utmost importance to those with stakes in the industry.

Here, we look at some of the positive and negative comments.

Plant-based ingredients are transforming the meat-analogue category.

Kerry rolled out new plant protein ingredients at SupplySide West 2019 that are designed to be easier for formulators to work with.

“While whey protein fractions aren’t necessarily a new discovery, the ways in which they’re being used and their known benefits are both expanding,” one expert says.

Sports nutrition products are expanding upon the benefits they deliver, the means by which they deliver them, and the consumers whom they target.

While plant proteins have been trending, dairy proteins and isolates remain competitive within the protein bar space, specifically within sports nutrition.

Flavor is always a challenging piece of the formulation puzzle due to the unpleasant notes that active ingredients can impart.

Also: Is the dairy-alternatives category in danger of jumping the nondairy shark?

What ingredients do active-nutrition consumers want, and which protein sources are they looking for? Also: does price impact consumer buying habits?

Protein company Perfect Day has introduced its first consumer product, a limited-edition ice cream featuring the company’s proprietary, fermentation-derived, animal-free protein.

Much of what is produced at the new, 14,000-sq-meter facility is protein for sustainable animal feed.

In a press release, Peter Sherlock, chief technology officer for Parabel, said, “We are all elated to have achieved this breakthrough innovation. Our lentil milk is similar in color to regular milk and captures the extraordinary, high-quality protein and mineral benefits of water lentils while containing no allergens.

From protein to elderberry, suppliers formulated today’s hottest ingredients into innovative foods and drinks at IFT 2019.

Burcon has introduced new pea and canola protein blends for plant-based dairy and meat alternatives. The firm has also announced a joint venture to open a C$65 million production facility to process 20,000 tons of plant protein per year. 

At IFT 2019, Ingredion and Clara Foods describe how their partnership will help sidestep the production and environmental costs of animal proteins by using fermentation to make protein ingredients.

From overcoming high-protein challenges to delivering lactose-free options, dairy protein suppliers continue to serve the market’s needs.