Fi Europe 2025: Prova chef merges pleasure with nutrition in gut health dessert concepts

Responding to client requests, Chef Christophe Vincente from Prova’s L’Atelier was tasked with developing three dessert prototypes positioned for gut health. Leveraging upcycled carrot pulp, miso paste, inulin, and skyr, along...

Fi Europe 2025: Austria Juice showcases flavor innovation for advanced beverage formulation

At this year’s trade show, we caught up with Paul Bossler, head of sales for compounded flavors at Austria Juice, to discuss the company’s portfolio of fruit juice concentrates, beverage compounds, compounded flavors, and fruit...

Fi Europe 2025: Ingredia’s ProMilk Xpress protein accelerates cheese ripening by two weeks 

Ingredia has developed a new functional milk protein that can speed up productivity in semi-hard cheeses like Raclette, Gouda, and Edam. Véronique Lhommet, senior product manager at the company, explains how the protein helps...

Rabobank: Why Venezuela’s food ingredients potential remains a waiting game

Following the US military takeover of Venezuela, Food Ingredients First speaks with Carlos Mera, head of agri commodity market research at Rabobank, about what this dramatic political shift could mean for global ingredient supply...

Fi Europe 2025: Daesang showcases fermentation-driven savory innovations

At Fi Europe in Paris, France, we sat down with Jinyong Lee from global sales at Daesang Europe, and Shivam Kanojia, the company’s business developer, to discuss its D Savory innovation. They highlighted how Daesang’s...

Fi Europe 2025: Healy Group upcycles micronized cocoa shells in PrimaFi cocoa alternative

Amid the cocoa crisis, Healy Group is promoting PrimaFi, a cocoa replacement made from ground cocoa shells that would otherwise have been incinerated. The powdered ingredient is finely milled into particles of 30 microns and...