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DSM Launches Functional Ingredients Toolkit to to Help Companies Develop Fermented Plant-Based Dairy

Even so, consumers expect to experience the taste, texture, and health benefits of dairy in alternative products, argues DSM.

DSM Launches Functional Ingredients Toolkit to to Help Companies Develop Fermented Plant-Based Dairy
“As specialists in dairy and plant-based fermentation, we’re excited to offer innovative solutions to help brands excel in this dynamic market and co-create exceptional products,”

The Plant Power Toolkit, which aims to bridge the nutritional gap in the plant-based dairy category, includes four new, specifically designed starter cultures capable of developing fermented products with such properties. Additionally, the toolkit offers five ready-to-use consumer concepts that showcase their uses in new plant-based fermented products across various substrates, including coconut, canola, oat, pea, and soy.

Evolving consumer preferences Featuring enzymes, cultures, hydrocolloids, proteins. Nutritional solutions, DSM explains its formulas achieve the desired characteristics of dairy, such as mildness, freshness, and smoothness. The business explains that other enzymatic solutions for oat dairy, hydrocolloids, gellan gums, and pectins can further contribute to fine-tuning the mouthfeel, creaminess, shininess, and shelf life of alternative dairy products. “The Plant Power Toolkit’s new cultures and ready-to-use concepts will further enable manufacturers to meet evolving consumer preferences.

And we’re not stopping here, keep an eye out for further additions to the portfolio as our team of experts work to improve the taste, texture. Health of plant-based fermented products,” added van Nieuwenhuijzen.

Key facts
  • Who: Plant Power Toolkit · Global Product Application Expert
  • Money: €18 billion
  • Percentages: 4.5%
  • Figures: 18 billion · 4.5%

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