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#3 Plant-based alternative to stirred yogurt

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Plant-based alternative to stirred yogurt The consumer

Jenny is health & planet conscious and wants  delicious plant-based products that mimick the dairy stirred yogurt texture and mouthfeel as good as possible.

The market

Stirred yogurt is an all-time classic product that consumers really enjoy. 35% of European consumers indicate to purchase plant-based alternatives to yogurt “because they taste good.”* 43% of European consumers mainly increased the consumption of alternatives to dairy yogurts “because they are healthy.”* Furthermore, a quarter of European consumers agree with the statement “consuming plant-based alternatives is one of my main ways of staying ‘sustainable’.”*

The prototype

This delicious plant-based alternative to stirred yogurt owes its smooth texture  to its’ label-friendly ingredients SimPure® (functional waxy corn starch) and WavePure® (a seaweed powder based on native seaweed).

The key solutions

SimPure® functional native waxy corn starch

  • Offers the required process and shelf-life stability.
  • Easy to formulate with.
  • Behaves very similarly to modified starches.
  • Presents a similar and neutral sensory profile.
  • Great properties in bringing thickness and creaminess.

WavePure® 

  • Label-friendly seaweed powder range based on native seaweed obtained without any chemical modification. 
  • Unique ingredient with great mouthfeel properties. 
  • Enables smooth and creamy textures in categories like dairy & alternative dairy desserts.
  • Can contribute to a nutritional boost for its low calorie content, richness in fiber and other nature derived elements (i.e. proteins, vitamins, and antioxidants).  

*IInnova Market Insights consumer insights dairy & non-dairy, 2024

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