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Cosun Beet

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Ingredients

Cosun Beet Company’s Ambition Leads to Unique Plant-Based Innovation

Cosun Beet Company has developed a novel ingredient specifically designed for plant-based and hybrid products. This ingredient is the result of Cosun Beet Company’s ambition to valorize the full potential of its sugar beets. The name of this ingredient is Fidesse®, a name that is rapidly gaining recognition. Cosun Beet Company’s ambition stems from its vision: ‘The Plant Positive Way’. This vision is based on circularity and maximizing the potential of the crop, in this case, the sugar beet. With smart, sustainable solutions, Cosun Beet Company aims to extract everything possible from the sugar beet in the most sustainable way. The company has been doing this for years but continues to seek even more valuable applications. Climbing the ladder The Research, Development & Innovation department …

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Interviews

Cosun Beet Company: “Sugar Beet Pulp Has Unique Properties That Can Improve the Texture of Plant Products”

With the ambition to become the greenest, most innovative, and successful sugar beet processor globally, Cosun Beet Company endeavours to set new standards in sustainability and efficiency. Employing around 850 dedicated professionals, the company describes itself as one of Europe’s most efficient sugar producers. In addition to producing sugar and sugar specialities, Cosun Beet Company processes all parts of the sugar beet into ingredients for the food, energy, biobased and related industries. Désirée Potters is the commercial development lead for the company’s product, Fidesse®, an upcycled food ingredient made solely from sugar beet pulp. She has a background in food technology and over 25 years of experience in the food ingredient industry. She explores how the innovative use of side-stream ingredients can address key challenges …

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Aviko to offer plant-based alternatives to all product categories

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Company News

Aviko to Offer Plant-Based Alternative in Every Product Category by 2025

Dutch food company Aviko, a Royal Cosun subsidiary that specialises in potato-based products, has announced that it plans to offer a plant-based alternative in all its product categories by 2025. Speaking to Cosun Nutrition Center, the company said it hoped to be a “specialist in tasty, plant-based snacks” by 2030. While many Aviko products have previously been made with cheese or cream, plant-based innovations are increasingly making it possible to swap out animal ingredients. Last year, the company’s Aviko Rixona brand announced it had developed a cheese alternative made from potatoes in collaboration with the Cosun Innovation Center. The ingredient is said to be healthier than conventional cheese and most other plant-based alternatives; it is suitable for finger foods, snacks, and fillings for meat substitutes, …

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Aviko Rixona

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Cheese Alternatives

Aviko Rixona Uses Potatoes to Make “Healthiest Ever” Vegan Cheese

Aviko Rixona, a Dutch producer of dried potato products, has launched a plant-based cheese alternative made from potatoes. Potato Cheezz is said to look and taste like dairy cheese, with a similar texture. However, the product is distinctive in that it is free of fat and salt, which according to Aviko makes it healthier than conventional cheese or any other plant-based alternative. Potato Cheezz is available for food service in ten-kilogram blocks, and is said to be ideal for use in finger foods, snacks, and fillings for meat substitutes. A separate version is available for pizzas. Potato-based dairy alternatives Aviko Rixona is not the only company making alt dairy products out of potatoes. Sweden’s DUG has developed a highly successful range of potato-based milk alternatives, …

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