Events organiser Informa Markets has announced that its Food Ingredients (FI) Europe event will go ahead from December 1-3, with the aid of various safety measures. Health Ingredients (HI) Europe will take place alongside it at the same venue — the Messe Frankfurt exhibition grounds in Germany.
BENEO Presents Authentic Vegan Chicken Chunks at Fi Europe
German ingredients manufacturer BENEO showcased vegan chicken chunks as the next step in the company’s vegetable protein strategy at the Fi Europe show yesterday. Following the acquisition of Meatless BV at the beginning of the year, BENEO is expected to add the chicken chunks as a semi-finished product to its portfolio for the first time in the second quarter of 2023. Thanks to a special recipe and a patented production process, BENEO states it will offer manufacturers a highly scalable and effective way to join the plant-based shift. Visitors to Fi Europe were able to sample the plant-based chicken pieces for themselves as award-winning chef Pieter-Jan Lint from Belgium prepared vegan dishes with prototypes of the new semi-finished product. The vegan chicken chunks offer food …