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Ingredients

Live Green Group and Sigma’s FoodForms Collaborate to Develop Plant-Based Food Additives

Plant-based foodtech startup Live Green Group is to partner with FoodForms, an internal startup by multinational food company Sigma. FoodForms was created to offer alternative food recipe solutions for third parties. Through the new collaboration, the two startups will develop replacements for common food additives. This will involve using Live Green’s AI/ML recommendation engine, Charaka™, which has a database comprising 15,000 plants and over 500,000 data points. Using this data, the search engine recommends plant-based ingredients to replace food additives. FoodForms will contribute consumer knowledge, food R&D expertise, and scaling capabilities. “This partnership demonstrates the potential of our technology to be the ‘Intel Inside’ of the food industry and be a key enabler in helping accelerate the industry’s transition to health and sustainability,” said The …

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animal-free flavour enhancers

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Food & Beverage

ITS Launches “Buttery” Animal-Free Flavour Enhancers Vegan Boost

British flavour house International Taste Solutions (ITS) has developed animal-free flavour enhancers that can be used to replicate the richness of dairy and eggs in baked goods. Called Vegan Boost, the new product range comes in liquid and powder form, with both regular and high strength varieties available. The enhancers work by accentuating the creamy and buttery flavours in cakes, cookies, and pastries. A straightforward alternative Vegan Boost was developed in response to requests from ITS’ bakery customers, who wanted to improve the flavour of their plant-based products. While similar ingredients are available from other flavour houses, ITS describes Vegan Boost as a “straightforward alternative”. To confirm the functionality of the animal-free flavour enhancers, ITS asked taste testers to compare vegan cupcakes and brioches — …

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Company News

Dublin: Kerry Group Sees Growing Trend Towards Plant-Based Proteins

As veganism becomes more and more popular, the demand for proteins from plant sources is also increasing. This trend has been observed for some time by the Irish Kerry Group, which deals with the issue in its interim report for the first half of 2018. The Kerry Group produces and trades mainly in food additives and dairy products, and is unaffected by this trend. Edmond Scanlon, CEO of the Irish group, said at a press conference in Dublin that 71 percent of consumers believe plant proteins are healthy. He continued, “We are now at the interface of three major trends: protein consumption is increasing; plant protein consumption is increasing; and snackification is driving consumers to look for more and more new protein alternatives.” With regards …

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