ingredient briefs

The chocolate experts at Belcolade have “solved the puzzle” of milk-alike plant-based chocolate. This is the industry’s first chocolate that offers an indulgent taste profile and mouthfeel similar to milk chocolate while being both dairy-free and nut-free, according to Belcolade, the flagship chocolate brand from Puratos. A patent-pending product, it achieves superb smoothness, the creaminess of a milk chocolate, and balanced sweetness, all without common allergens.
+32 2 481 44 44

The Finnish food tech company Gold&Green Foods is expanding beyond the meat replacement category with the launch of Gold&Green Protein Granules and Protein Flakes—two new clean-label, plant-based protein formats to help manufacturers meet the growing demand for plant-based foods. Gold&Green Protein Granules and Protein Flakes are made from three naturally nutritious ingredients: oat bran, pea, and fava bean protein. There are no genetically manipulated ingredients, no fillers, no preservatives, no salt, no oil, and no soy.

American Key Food Products now offers Native Waxy Potato Starch and Pregelatinized Native Waxy Potato Starch, made in Germany, to the North American food industry. These starches contain very high levels—over 99 percent—of amylopectin, which contribute to higher quality end products, such as fruit fillings, baked goods, snacks, meat alternatives, and others.
877-263-7539

Limagrain Ingredients has developed Pep's Balls: a new range of extruded pulses to enrich products with plant-based proteins, without any compromise on taste and offering a great mouthfeel. The range includes chickpea, pea & faba bean, and red bean & peas.
+33 (0)4 73 67 17 00

FoodTech start-up B.T. Sweet, Ltd. has unveiled Cambya, a plant-based, one-to-one drop-in sugar replacer for multiple food applications. The Cambya sweetening platform lets consumers have their delectable cake and eat it, guilt-free, without compromising on flavor or other organoleptic qualities—shortcomings common with other natural sugar-reduction methods.

EverGrain Ingredients, a barley fiber and protein ingredient company backed by Anheuser-Busch InBev, introduced ingredients that aim to enable a new benchmark for limited water use, emissions, and land use while ensuring better nutrition and taste. The company showcased the ingredients at the Food ingredients Europe trade show in Frankfurt, Germany.