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Schouten Europe unveils a new product development (NPD) — a plant-based chicken schnitzel — crafted with an innovative fiber technology called NewTextures.

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Manufacturing & Technology

Schouten Europe Debuts New Fiber Technology Replacing Texturates in Plant-Based Chicken Schnitzel

Schouten Europe, the first Dutch company to develop meat alternatives and a market leader for decades, unveils a new product development — plant-based chicken schnitzel — crafted with a new fiber technology called NewTextures. The technology, developed in-house after years of R&D, replaces traditional textured proteins with fibers. According to Schouten Europe, these fibers enhance the texture and appeal of products, bringing them closer to the meat experience. The plant-based chicken schnitzel showcases the capabilities of NewTextures, boasting a juicy texture and the white color characteristic of chicken, explains the plant-based expert. Its ingredients include wheat and soy proteins, bamboo fibers, and oils such as rapeseed and sunflower. “Meat substitutes are sometimes prepared incorrectly, which can make them a bit dry. These products retain their …

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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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Ingredients

Amid America’s Fiber Crisis, Newly Developed ‘Beyond Acacia’ Naturally Lowers Sugar & Increases Dietary Fiber

Amid an escalating fiber crisis in the US, where dietary fiber deficiency leads to thousands of deaths every year, Farbest Brands is now offering Beyond Acacia®, a gum acacia product manufactured using a new process that produces high-density granules, in partnership with Alland & Robert. Beyond Acacia, like traditional gum acacia, is a wholly natural source of dietary fiber. The ingredient, devoid of taste, color, and odor, reduces sugar content and enhances fiber without altering the flavor or texture of products. It offers multiple applications, serving as a stabilizer, emulsifier, and texturizer, and is also employed in encapsulation, film-forming agents, extrusion aids, tableting, and confectionery. Beyond Acacia is vegan, non-GMO, USDA-certified organic, Kosher, and Halal certified. America’s fiber crisis Research indicates a significant deficiency in …

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Plant Based Meat Alternatives – Fiber Up Your World

As the world’s largest manufacturer of plant fiber concentrates, JRS has been known for its innovative, health-oriented approach to fiber with the highest consumer acceptance all over the world for over 30 years now. The extensive product range of the company’s VITACEL® cereal, vegetable and fruit fibers with their respective specific, sensory and haptic properties can be perfectly integrated into modern and delicious food recipes for fiber enrichment, applicable for different product ranges such as plant based meat alternatives. The many gold medals received from DLG testers is a testiment to the products’ high quality and sensory properties. As global surveys show, animal welfare is the top motivator for people to switch to less meat or to a vegetarian and vegan lifestyle – this is directly followed by environmental …

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Spot On: Sustainable Textile Innovations From Finland

Several Finnish companies have made it their mission to make a lasting change to the textile industry with their innovative materials and processes. This has also had benefits for the vegan textile industry. Here are two of these companies. Textile fibres from the Finnish forests Ioncell was developed as a research project by Aalto University in Finland. Ioncell’s research team has developed a process that can be used to manufacture textile fibres from cellulose, e.g. wood, and to recycle textiles in a way that conserves resources. Pirjo Kääriäinen, Professor of Design and Fibre Innovations at Aalto University, explains that the conventional production of cellulose fibres is often only possible using strong chemicals. This is not the case with Ioncell; it does not use any harmful …

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