Exploring the state of nutrition today to help food developers deliver on plant-based demand while juggling consumer preferences for taste and texture. Calling on insights from industry experts, we examine what it really means to eat healthy, and what role plant-based proteins play in the future of health and nutrition.
This Technical Paper is from Griffith Foods.
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Griffith Foods is a purpose-driven product development partner specialised in food ingredients. We're committed to helping our customers create better products and a better, more sustainable world by providing delicious & nutritious solutions in the savoury snacks, protein, and alternative protein market. Our promise is to deliver outstanding taste and texture. We have a bespoken expertise in seasonings, sauces & dressings, premium coatings, and functional blends.
We serve global and regional food companies worldwide. As a family business, we've valued people above all else for over 103 years. Griffith Foods is renowned for true, collaborative innovation. We're committed to offer bespoke solutions to QSR, food processors, and retail/service companies.
Griffith Foods is dedicated to helping customers develop new ideas, technologies, and solutions, enabling them to stay ahead of ever-evolving needs of the marketplace and consumers. Our collaborative process integrates in-depth industry and market insight, culinary artistry, and technical expertise to solve business challenges.
Seasonings - Our Seasonings enhance flavour, functionality, appearance, and aromatics for any protein or base. We develop dry marinades, dry glazes, rubs, internal seasonings, powdered sauces mixes, and oil marinades
Sauces, dressings & marinades - From marinades, pastes, concentrates, glazes, and pour-over sauces used during cooking to condiments, relishes, chutneys, salsas, dips, and dressings to compliment your product, we have an authentic solution for every application. Whether slow-cooked or RTC, our sauces can be tailored to meet different production and shelf life requirements.
Value-added coatings - Our value-added coating systems can be customized to help your protein, vegetable, side dish, or topping products stand out in taste, texture, colour, surface appearance, & nutritional quality. Our value-added coating systems include flour breaders, tempura systems, and breadcrumb coatings suitable for fried, baked, or air-fried applications.
Functional blends - Our functional blends are high-performance ingredient blends suitable for a wide range of protein & vegetable substrates, and they are blended into the substrate. The main applications are burgers, meatballs, reformed meat, and vegetarian substrates.
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