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.
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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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