Consumer expectations for clean label products continue to rise. Surveys by the Good Food Institute and Innova Market Insights show that familiar ingredients and shorter ingredient lists increasingly influence purchasing decisions. But clean label is not just a matter of switching out individual ingredients. It requires a carefully balanced combinationRead More →

Today’s consumers are not just cutting back on their meat consumption, they’re also looking for more balanced foods with optimum nutritional value and high quality. Reasons for this include health, environmental factors, animal welfare and especially the price of certain varieties of meat. This applies to poultry and red meatRead More →

After burgers and meatballs, sausage and cold cuts are among the most popular products in the plant-based meat alternative category. This was shown in an international consumer survey by Innova Market Insights last year. In fact, according to the Good Food Institute, in Germany sausage and salami are the highest-revenueRead More →

At this year’s IFFA, sister companies Hydrosol and Planteneers are showing forward-looking solutions, including hybrid products and meat alternatives based on new plant-based protein sources such as mycoprotein. Exciting developments around clean label and convenience can also be found at their shared booth C89 in Hall 11.0. Hydrosol: Hybrid Products,Read More →

More and more consumers expect plant-based alternatives to deliver high-quality eating enjoyment at fair prices. This expectation is clear from multiple market research studies. The Planteneers company of Ahrensburg, Germany shows how manufacturers can meet the demand, using plant-based sausage and cold cuts as examples. Planteneers developed its fiildMeat SRead More →