Dairy & Ice Cream
Dairy remains one of most innovative and trend-driven application areas within the global food & beverage industry. Due to the complexity of the food matrixes involved, dairy products rely on synergies between ingredients for optimal performance. This lends the category particularly well to functional systems marketed under the INFUSE by Cargill™ brand in Europe.
INFUSE by Cargill allows us to propose an entire tailormade solution to our customers, where we combine several different technical ingredients together in an optimal blend. Whether you are looking for a cleaner solution, calorie reduction, or replacing a certain animal protein with plant-based proteins, our INFUSE by Cargill experts can offer the best solution for your specific needs.
It’s time for dairy to be different!
Our Solutions
Nutritional balance
- Ice cream is a key application within dairy when it comes to Nutri-Score, with the reformulation focus being heavily geared towards calorie reduction.
- INFUSE has great solutions such as our Trilisse® 507 or 508 ingredient blend. Our Trilisse solutions help reduce sugar and fat content and increase the fibers. This type of system has the potential to reduce the sugar content of sweet dairy applications across the board, without negatively affecting the general quality of the product.
Label-friendly
- The major trend towards cleaner labeling is relevant across all dairy applications. It is often about E number reduction, with replacements being sought for commonly used ingredients that have faced some consumer criticism.
- INFUSE has great solutions to replace traditionally used emulsifiers in ice cream which suffer from a negative consumer perception. Our Trilisse® portfolio performs particularly well from a clean label perspective, by presenting the opportunity to blend several clean label ingredients together, including fibers, lecithin and starches.
Plant-based
- A big trend that the traditional dairy industry has had little choice but to meet relates to creating non-dairy alternatives based on plant-based proteins rather than dairy.
- INFUSE has great solutions based on pea proteins and coconut milk and fats, and leverages our broad functional knowledge in formulating with hydrocolloids and texturizers to achieve a similar product and consistency.