As consumers are looking for innovations combining functionality and flavors, agro-food companies are facing new R&D challenges. A key player in the sector, the French dairy ingredients supplier EPI INGREDIENTS, will be showcasing its full range of technical products at FIE 2024, booth 3.0G40.
The company will present the multiple aspects of its ingredient portfolio, which provides both nutritional and functional solutions for food industry, from bakery and pastry goods to beverages and savoury products.
1. Additive-free butter powder, functionality for authentic recipes
What makes butter powder such an appealing ingredient?
- It can be easily incorporated into a wide range of food matrices.
- It offers organoleptic qualities comparable to that of fresh-butter products, due to its characteristic flavour and creamy texture.
- The powder format facilitates use for agro-food manufacturers: Efficient incorporation in a matrix thanks to even dispersion and hydration. Compared to fresh butter, storage is easier with no need for refrigeration. A longer shelf life which offers more flexibility.
EPI INGREDIENTS has enriched its product range with an additive-free butter powder in order to respond to the customers’ needs and to follow its dynamic innovation research of natural solutions. In the last four years, more than 400 products made with butter powder have been launched on the global market(1). This popularity is the result of food manufacturers’ efforts to meet growing consumer demand for greater naturality.
Butter powder’s properties are highly valued by the Bakery & Pastry sector, especially for pre-mixes and mixes. It is also a solution for manufacturers of sauces, ready-made meals, or freeze-dried products.
Spotlight on the additive-free offer: Made from 100% natural dairy fat, the Clean Label version is guaranteed free of additives. It thus offers an authentic and transparent solution to meet the needs of consumers looking for more ‘natural’ products.
2. A comprehensive range of caseinates for nutrition and functional food developments
An expert in the production of high-quality dairy ingredients, EPI INGREDIENTS offers a complete range of caseinates. These active ingredients represent a real asset for the agro-food sector, thanks to their multiple applications. Each type of caseinate has its own nutritional and functional properties. Indeed, more than 2,500 caseinate-based products have been launched in the world(1)
EPI’s range consists of 2 main products:
- Calcium caseinate, to add cohesion and viscosity.
- Sodium caseinates, with emulsifying, viscosifying and expanding properties.
EPI INGREDIENTS’ processing know-how: the caseinates are produced by extrusion, while most competitors use the spray-drying technique. EPI INGREDIENTS’ caseinates thus boast unique specificities, i.e., a high protein content (95%) combined with very low lactose.
- What are the food applications of caseinates?
- Processed meats, for their ability to bind fat to water
- Pastry and bakery, thanks to their water-holding properties
- Coffee creamers, for their expansion properties
- Dairy products
- Processed cheeses and analogue cheeses
Their nutritional benefits combined with their functional properties make caseinates the key ingredients in sports nutrition, a sector which is particularly attentive to quality, palatability and efficiency.
FIE 2024 will also be an opportunity for EPI INGREDIENTS to present other dry dairy ingredients from its portfolio, and in particular the range of fermented and yogurt powders. The latter has recently been extended with a new yogurt powder with a different pH.
As an expert in dairy ingredients for more than 25 years, EPI INGREDIENTS provides solutions to meet the formulation constraints of agro-food industries as well as consumer demand for authentic, natural and clean-label products.
Reference
(1)Données Mintel
Visit booth 3.0G40 at FIE 2024 to learn more.
For further information, visit epi-ingredients.com, www.laita.com
