#3 Plant-based alternative to stirred yogurt
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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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