IFFA 2025: Corbion supports safety, shelf life, and sustainability in protein market
12 May 2025 | Corbion
Corbion presented its sustainable ingredient solutions and specialties in preservation, food safety, and bio-based tech at IFFA 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany. Janine Gierman, sales director for Functional Ingredients & Specialties, discussed opportunities and challenges in the protein market and how customer demands might evolve.
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We're here at the Corbion stand with Janine Garman, who is sales director.
Welcome to you.
Thank you.
So my first question, what key product highlights are you showcasing today?
Yeah, what we're showcasing today, I think the whole exhibition is that we are showcasing sustainable solutions for the protein market, of course, meat alternatives are meat to preserve the, the product, so that's what we're showcasing.
To extend shelf life and much more color, taste, and so on.
OK.
And what would you say are the major market trends, consumer demands you're looking to tap into with these products?
I think reducing food waste.
I think the sustainability aspect of the food that's really Currently having a heavy toll on the market, I think, is where we tap in indeed to offer the solutions to help our customers meet the consumer demands of reducing the food waste, to have a sustainable footprint of the product.
So I think we're really tapping into that market currently.
OK, so as you say, consumers increasingly demand sustainability.
And also healthier, more nutritious products, high protein, for example, but also affordability of their products.
So how can you help customers balance those demands, affordability, sustainability and nutrition?
I think it's a combination currently.
It's also, besides that of local looking into the global economical things happening currently is where we have solutions based on natural fermentation.
So we tap into that is that you look into the nutritional part of it is that it's natural based on fermentation is how we tap into the market demand currently.
OK, that's interesting.
And in what ways do you expect the protein market to develop and diversify over the coming years?
I think currently indeed it's especially to have more affordable, more natural protein sources.
Of course they are already natural, but the diversification of different protein sources, because as we know with regards to food, it's getting more and more people on the planet, so they're all tapping into this.
Same protein sources, so I think that's where we see the steps of more diversification of protein sources in the market.
What are the key innovation focuses for Corby going forward in the protein space?
I think with meeting the consumer demands and of course meeting our customer demands is to really look into helping our customers, making the recipes more robust.
By offering our solutions not only based on products but also our services with helping them, taking care of also more stricter regulations.
Is there where we offer our solutions and services as to meet the demands of consumers and customers for more safer products, more sustainable products, and we can help with that, especially with coming up, for example, a more stricter Listeria legislation where we really can help with our solutions, with our predictive modeling, but also with our solutions to make a safer and more sustainable product.
