Protein

Merit Functional Foods announced that its Peazazz pea protein may be used to replace methylcellulose, an ingredient commonly used in meat alternatives as a binding and gelling agent.

This is the next step in Equinom’s plans to scale up and commercialize its innovative yellow pea proteins.

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Even when used at higher double-digit protein inclusion percentages, the pea protein does not exhibit a chalky mouthfeel, says Merit Functional Foods.

FoodTech startup ChickP has developed a prototype of protein isolates that overcome challenges common to plant-based beverages like dairy-free coffee and cappuccino.

Divaks raised €3 million in seed funding to create yellow mealworm ingredients for meat alternative, sports nutrition, snack, confectionery, and pet nutrition products.

Supplements only work if they are taken regularly. A smart system can help consumers reduce the mental load of their daily supplement routine.

Results showed that subjects in the BC30 group had significantly higher values for total amino acids and total essential amino acids, as well as higher than average levels of certain amino acids.

The market researcher’s new 2022 mobility survey series so far shows that while some consumers understand that diet and nutrition support mobility, overall the nutrition, health, and supplements industry needs to get better at educating and encouraging consumers to adopt a proactive, long-term view of mobility health.

Beneo to showcase its new faba bean protein concentrate and starch-rich flour during the 2022 IFT FIRST Annual Event and Expo taking place July 11-13 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Roquette has launched two rice proteins as part of its Nutralys line, which will be presented for the first time during IFT First, taking place July 10-13 in Chicago.

Ladder sports nutrition products are now sold at 690 The Vitamin Shoppe brick-and-mortar stores as well as on the retailer’s website.

The ribbon cutting ceremony took place on June 29, 2022. EverGrain now has a full-scale production facility on the Anheuser-Busch campus.

NextFerm Technologies has announced the end of its commissioning period of the commercial facility in Canada and first commercial production of its vegan protein, ProteVin.

Equinom has achieved this by breeding new varieties of yellow peas using its Manna technology platform, which identifies desirable traits for food applications in the genetic structure of seeds and predicts the best crossbreeding matches to yield better varieties without the use of genetic engineering.

Alternatives to meat and dairy products are getting more sophisticated—and, in turn, creating more demand from consumers.

A recent study compared the effects of a new baby formula containing whole milk (bovine), alpha-lactalbumin enriched whey, lactoferrin, partially hydrolyzed whey protein, and a single prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) with a commercial formula containing skim milk (bovine), whey protein concentrate, and a combination of GOS/PDX.

Many active ingredients create major challenges for beverage formulators. Unpleasant flavor notes from ingredients can be difficult to mask considering that pumping sugar into these drinks is no longer a popular option.

Apparo Inc. has announced a Series A investment of $3.5 million co-led by Endeavor8 and Finistere Ventures, and joined by Blue Horizon.

The cost of Brevel’s microalgae protein will be on par with that of pea and soy proteins, with production costs for the microalgae protein as much as 90% lower than they would otherwise be, the company says.

The advisory board will be composed of five scientists from leading universities in food, nutrition and health, agriculture, and environmental sciences, who will advise and collaborate with the EverGrain R&D team.

Roquette has announced the launch of its new Nutralys range of organic textured pea and fava bean proteins for the European market.

The new Ensemble line was introduced by Tereos, a French cooperative comprising 12,000 members of the agricultural raw materials processing industry.

As consumers seek to shed pandemic pounds, they are also holding up their newfound focus on health overall.

Consumer trust is paramount to ensure long-term success as legislators broadly smear the category as unsafe.