Protein

With its unique chickpea protein products, InnovoPro is expanding from dairy alternatives to additional markets like meat analogues and egg replacers.

Functional foods and beverages, particularly meat and dairy alternatives, are major drivers of innovation for plant proteins, and present a major opportunity for new product development.

MGP Ingredients Inc. announced that its Arise wheat protein isolates have been certified as low FODMAP by Monash University, based in Melbourne, Australia.

Based on their success in cutting GHG emissions, Danone and FrieslandCampina plan to continue this effort for another three years, with a goal of further reducing GHG emissions by more than 7% during production of ingredients for Danone.

Nestlé Health Science will purchase a majority stake in Orgain, a leader in plant-based nutrition, from its founder Andrew Abraham, MD and Butterfly Equity, who will each remain minority share owners.

COVID will continue to impact supplement retailing. But instead of scrambling to adjust, brands have the opportunity to hone their omnichannel strategy and improve long-distance retail relationships.

When will consumers tire of collagen? Not soon, it appears.

Nutritional Outlook’s Editorial Advisory Board shares its predictions and tips for success in 2022.

Solace Nutrition, a medical nutrition company, has acquired the assets of R-Kane Nutritionals, which specializes in high protein meal replacement solutions for the weight management market.

Driven largely by growing demand in China, the infant formula market is seeing high growth in premium and ultra-premium products.

Aleph Farms and Wacker announced the development of streamlined production processes for essential growth medium proteins to cost-effectively grow cultivated meat.

Valio and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland are researching what food-ingredient raw materials can be produced using cellular agriculture and developing technology for biotechnologically produced proteins.

Leader in the small, but growing, plant-based seafood space, Good Catch Foods is making the category more accessible through its aggressive expansion into food service.

Arla Foods Ingredients introduced a patented method, milk fractionation, that separates milk into its different protein components.

CK Ingredients is collaborating with The Protein Brewery to commercialize Fermotein in key human nutrition categories such as bakery products, extruded snacks, and breakfast foods.

FrieslandCampina Ingredients has entered the plant-based protein market with two powder solutions developed in collaboration with AGT Foods.

Flavorchem launched the first ingredient in its new line of high-performance flavor modulators, called taste mod, designed to mask the off-notes associated with plant-based protein.

New entrants are raising the bar for creativity and even nutrition. But can they go commercial?

Within the plant protein space, ingredients are still struggling to achieve the one thing that will make consumers sit up and finally make the switch to eating plant-based: good taste.

Some suppliers promoted recently launched immune health ingredients; others showed how their existing ingredients, like collagen, have a seat at the immune health table.

What will keep consumers coming back to protein products?

Ingredient suppliers are making more advanced formulations possible.

The series includes OvenPro Bread & Bread Zero Net Carb, OvenPro Cake, and OvenPro QuickBread. 

Women are finding many approaches to support aging bones as supplement formulas grow increasingly sophisticated and diverse.

Legacy ingredients are losing ground as emerging products gain validation.

Merit will be sampling a plant-protein bar concept made from Puratein and Peazazz, and a ready-to-mix plant protein powder concept made from Peazazz and Puratein C.

Arla’s ingredient, named Lacprodan BLG-100, contains 45% more leucine compared to commercially available whey protein isolates, the company says.

Ingredients by Nature has announced its partnership with the Canadian firm Virentia, in preparation for the launch of a new chloroplast concentrate made from alfalfa, called ChloroBlast.

The new chickpea TVP provides a better taste and texture than “traditional highly processed plant-based alternatives,” the company says.

Lustriva is a new ingredient launched this past February for the healthy-aging market. It is a patented complex of bonded arginine silicate and magnesium biotinate that has been shown to increase hair growth, reduce facial wrinkles and fine lines, and improve skin texture.