Extra sour yogurt powder accents healthy snacking innovation
04 Jan 2024 | EPI Ingredients
French dairy company Epi Ingredients unveiled its latest yogurt powder at FiE 2023, utilizing the company’s 20 years of know-how in fermented milk powders. The extra sour flavor is shelf stable and 100% derived from natural acidity, evoking the experience of fresh yogurt for the health-conscious consumer. Anne-Laure Legrand, product manager, and Camille Houdoin, R&D project manager at Epi Ingredients, explain key applications, such as product coatings and fillings.
This is Missy Green at FIE 2023.
I'm here with Ann Lur, who is the marketing product manager at Epi Ingredients, as as Camille, who is the R&D project manager.
Welcome.
Epi Ingredients is here presenting an extra sour yogurt powder.
So what was the inspiration behind developing this sour yogurt powder?
Currently our company is specialized in the development of fermented powder, and we also have the know-how and the expertise for developing yogurt powder for over 20 years.
And we find that there are more than 800 products that were launched in Europa in the last 3 years with yogurt powder.
So it proves that it's very trendy on the market, and the extra soy yogurt powder allows you to have a natural acidity and the freshness of a fresh yogurt, but with no need for any refrigeration because of the powder formula.
All right, and what are the primary applications in food, as Ala just said, fermented products and especially yogurt powders are very trendy and can be found in lots of new applications every year.
So it is the same for extra sour yogurt powder as it will be found mainly in snacks, confectionery, and drinks, but also in sauces, marinades, ice cream, or even savory products.
Always in order to advise our clients the best we can, our R&D team developed several recipes using this extra sour yogurt powder, and you can test and see right here at the stand, for example, in the field of bakery, we created a coating application for biscuits and also another application of a filling.
That you can put between biscuits or even in chocolate, and they had a great success here at with our clients because of the natural acidity of our extra sour yogurt powder combines very with the sweetness of the biscuits.
Very nice.
And how does it fit into today's consumer trends?
We know that fermented products in general are very trendy on the market, and because of the bacteria present in our ingredients, there is no need for any additive with our ingredients.
So it really fits with the expectation of the market.
It's really in line with the expectation of the final customer because they don't want a number.
They don't want synthetic aroma in the final product.
So they are really aware of their health, in fact.
So this is why we put all our knowledge and all our expertise into making products into making natural products and cleanable ones.
And what makes it stand out on the market?
Extra soy yogurt powder is ideal for having nutritional, organic and health benefits of a fresh yogurt, but with the powder formula it really differentiates.
Market because we combine all the benefits of having a powdered formula.
It's easier for the storage and also for transport, but also the benefits of fresh yogurt for the health of our consumers.
Thank you very much.
