Meatless®: Your partner for reliable hybrid solutions
Today’s meat industry is navigating a range of challenges that are driving innovation to new dimensions. Supply chain disruptions and rising costs affect every link in the value chain, from processors and retailers to the end consumer. At Meatless®, we see these shifts as an opportunity to transform the industry through nature’s finest offerings: the fusion of plant-based ingredients and premium meat. Hybrid is no longer a trend; it’s a competitive advantage.
Meatless® helps you stay ahead with distinctive, texturized plant-based ingredients designed to meet your needs.
Join the hybrid movement and choose to stand out with Meatless® texturized ingredients.
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Why work with Meatless®
At Meatless®, we support you with the development of hybrid meat products, helping your business to meet the growing demand for affordable and more sustainable meat, without compromising on the familiar taste and texture.
With Meatless®, you’re not just getting ingredients, you’re receiving tailored support from our experienced technical and applications team. Our team works alongside yours, providing expert guidance to ensure your hybrid products match all expectations in performance, cost and consumer appeal.
Key benefits of partnering with Meatless® for your hybrid meats
- Excellent water holding capacity & heat stability
- Broad range of applications
- Improve your carbon footprint
- Easy implementation into your existing production process
- Minimal impact on ingredient list
- Nutri-Score (D -> B)
Hybrid burgers for GLP-1 nutrition needs
As GLP‑1 medications reshape consumer expectations around satiety, portion control, and nutritional density, new opportunities are emerging for product development. Meatless® enables the creation of hybrid burgers tailored to these evolving needs, delivering great taste, texture, and nutrition with exceptional satisfaction in every bite.
Our GLP‑1–friendly recipes combine Meatless® textured ingredients with faba bean protein and Orafti® fibres to boost protein and fibre content while maintaining a pleasant mouthfeel. Thanks to our flakes, burgers retain their juiciness and flavour during cooking, delivering a satisfying taste and texture that helps reduce the taste fatigue many GLP‑1 users report.
This enables developers to create nutrient‑dense hybrid burgers with higher protein for muscle support, added fibre for longer satiety, and fewer calories without compromising on taste or juiciness.
Sensoric evaluation of hybrid burgers versus 100% meat
Replacing 15% (lean) meat with texturized rice flakes improves juiciness, texture and firmness compared to 100% lean meat. While replacing 40%* (lean) meat with texturized faba flakes also improves firmness and texture versus 100% lean meat. (*requires egg-white for binding)
Source: HAS University Sensory Test Panel carried out in 2024
Hybrid sausage solutions for foodservice
The foodservice and catering sector is under pressure to deliver meals that are both appealing and efficient to produce. Operators need solutions that perform consistently across large volumes, adapt to different menu formats and meet rising expectations around nutrition and sustainability, without compromising on taste.
Sausages play a central role in many foodservice menus due to their versatility and broad consumer appeal. Hybrid solutions offer a practical way to evolve these sausage recipes while maintaining their familiar eating experience.
Meatless® enables the development of hybrid sausage recipes tailored to foodservice applications, from classic bratwurst to Frankfurter-style products. Our textured ingredients deliver a stable texture even after extended heating, along with the juiciness and bite consumers expect, while also enabling further cost reductions, even in sausage applications.
Our hybrid formulations can replace up to 40% of the meat while maintaining:
- Authentic savoury flavour
- Traditional bite and taste
- Reliable performance across grilling, frying and holding in warmers
Why consumer demand is shifting?
To support successful product launches, Meatless® goes beyond recipes and technical solutions. We have conducted a comprehensive consumer study with over 3,000 participants across the UK, the Netherlands and Germany, focusing on hybrid burgers, sausages and minced meat.
Our insights help manufacturers and retailers understand what drives acceptance, repeat purchase and shelf success.
Key insights revealed by our newest research:
- Where hybrid products belong on shelf
- Which consumers are most interested
- How to name hybrid products clearly
- What price points work
Companies can book dedicated sessions with our experts to create:
- Tailored products concepts
- Product positioning and communiation
- Go-to-market strategies for hybrid burgers, saysages and mince
“I like the idea of using plant protein to balance out my meals while still keeping the taste of meat I enjoy.” – Retail Buyer, Germany
Market shifts and retail leadership: Why it matters now
Why Meatless® ingredients deliver more to consumers
- Feature
- With Meatless
- 100% Animal protein
- Feature
- TEXTURE & BITE
- With Meatless
- Juicier than 100% meat
- 100% Animal protein
- Shrinkage and drier mouthfeel
- Feature
- NUTRI-SCORE
- With Meatless
- Up to B Grade
- 100% Animal protein
- Often C/D Grade
- Feature
- HFSS* (UK)
- With Meatless
- Meet regulatory standards
- 100% Animal protein
- Limited
- Feature
- RECIPE COST
- With Meatless
- >15% savings
- 100% Animal protein
- Volatile
- Feature
- CO2 FOOTPRINT
- With Meatless
- 90%+ reduction
- 100% Animal protein
- High
- Feature
- LABELING
- With Meatless
- Clean & Simple
- 100% Animal protein
- Varies
*High in Fat, Sugar, and Salt. HFSS regulations are designed to restrict the promotion and placement of food and drink products that are considered less healthy due to their nutritional content
Calculate your savings with hybrid solutions based on your own recipe. Compare your recipe with a hybrid recipe on costs, CO2 equivalents, sat fat and kcal.
Please select the application you want to use.
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Application: Beef
Enter your meat or fish recipe. You can add or remove additional ingredients with the (+) and (-) buttons.
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| Ingredients | Cost /kg | kg CO2 e/kg | Kcal /kg | g Sat fat/kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef 85VL | 0,00 | 39,90 | 2164 | 74,00 |
| Beef 95VL | 0,00 | 39,90 | 1332 | 23,00 |
| Fresh Onion* | 0,00 | 0,44 | 310 | 0,00 |
| Herbs and Spices* | 0,00 | 3,00 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Water | 0,00 | 0,01 | 0 | 0,00 |
Application: Chicken
Enter your meat or fish recipe. You can add or remove additional ingredients with the (+) and (-) buttons.
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| Ingredients | Cost /kg | kg CO2 e/kg | Kcal /kg | g Sat fat/kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken (mix wings, breast, thigh) | 0,00 | 4,50 | 1350 | 18,00 |
| Herbs and Spices* | 0,00 | 3,00 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Water | 0,00 | 0,01 | 0 | 0,00 |
Application: Pork
Enter your meat or fish recipe. You can add or remove additional ingredients with the (+) and (-) buttons.
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| Ingredients | Cost /kg | kg CO2 e/kg | Kcal /kg | g Sat fat/kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Shoulder | 0,00 | 6,70 | 2571 | 68,00 |
| Fresh Onion* | 0,00 | 0,44 | 310 | 0,00 |
| Herbs and Spices* | 0,00 | 3,00 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Water | 0,00 | 0,01 | 0 | 0,00 |
Application: Fish
Enter your meat or fish recipe. You can add or remove additional ingredients with the (+) and (-) buttons.
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| Ingredients | Cost /kg | kg CO2 e/kg | Kcal /kg | g Sat fat/kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmon** | 0,00 | 3,55 | 2170 | 28,00 |
| White Fish** | 0,00 | 5,49 | 720 | 1,10 |
| Herbs and Spices* | 0,00 | 3,00 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Water | 0,00 | 0,01 | 0 | 0,00 |
Select one or more Meatless® ingredients based on the information below. Please contact us for pricing or further information.
| Meatless® ingredients | Cost /kg | kg CO2 e/kg | Kcal /kg | g Sat fat/kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meatless® ingredients | Cost /kg | kg CO2 e/kg | Kcal /kg | g Sat fat/kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Textured Rice Flake* | 0,00 | 1,60 | 810 | 1,00 |
| Textured Faba Flake* | 0,00 | 1,50 | 78 | 1,00 |
| Textured Wheat Flake* | 0,00 | 1,40 | 724 | 1,00 |
| Textured Rice and Mycoprotein Flake | 0,00 | 0,00 | 720 | 4,00 |
| Textured Faba Flake 13% Protein | 0,00 | 0,00 | 780 | 2,70 |
| Textured Tjoena High Protein | 0,00 | 1,70 | 1010 | 4,80 |
| Dehydrated Faba Flake* | 0,00 | 6,50 | 1310 | 4,00 |
| Dehydrated Rice Flake* | 0,00 | 7,50 | 1519 | 3,00 |
| Meatless® Vegan Binding | 0,00 | 3,50 | 264 | 0,20 |
Which ingredient is best for your solution?
| Application | ≤ 30% replacement | > 30% replacement |
|---|---|---|
| Beef | Dehydrated or Textured Faba Flake Dehydrated or Textured Rice Flake Textured Wheat Flake | Textured Faba Flake 13 % Protein |
| Chicken | Dehydrated or Textured Faba Flake or Rice Flake Textured Wheat Flake Textured Rice and Mycoprotein Flake | Possible with the inclusion of binders |
| Pork | Dehydrated or Textured Faba Flake Textured Faba Flake 13 % Protein | Textured Faba Flake Textured Faba Flake 13 % Protein |
| Fish | Dehydrated or Textured Rice Flake Textured Rice and Mycoprotein Flake Textured Wheat Flake | Possible with the inclusion of binders |
Contact us for questions on your recipe and on cost savings:
Application:
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Reference recipe
Please enter the proportion of each ingredient.
| Ingredients | Percent | Cost /kg | CO2 (kg e/recipe) | Kcal (kcal/recipe) | Sat Fat (sat fat/recipe) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0,0 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0 | 0,00 | |
| Total | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0 | 0,00 |
Hybrid recipe
Please adjust your percentage of meat or fish.
| Ingredients | Percent | Cost /kg | CO2 (kg e/recipe)** | Kcal (kcal/recipe) | Sat Fat (sat fat/recipe) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0,0 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0 | 0,00 | |
| Total | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0 | 0,00 |
** The Meatless dry product’s footprint is referred to as a blend of 20% of Meatless dry product and 80% tap-water.
Contact us for questions on your recipe and on cost savings:
Savings
| Cost /kg | CO2 (kg e/recipe) | Kcal (kcal/recipe) | Sat Fat (sat fat/recipe) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0,00 | 0,00 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 0,00% | 0,00% | 0,00% | 0,00% |
Get a copy of your hybrid recipe and savings:
*CO2 data collected from CarbonCloud
**CO2 data collected from http://seafoodco2.dal.ca/
Ask us for a hybrid recipe tailored to your meat and fish application?
Want more hybrid inspiration?
Discover more on Meatless® texturized rice and faba flakes, ideal for your hybrid meat products!
Hybrid burger with Meatless® TFF fine
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Hybrid fish with Meatless® TRF Coarse
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Hybrid or plant-based: Juicy textured filling with Meatless® TTHP
Whether you go 100% vegetarian or look for a blending solution… with Textured Tjoena High Protein flake, you bring that unique balance of colour, texture and taste to the table. Delivering 18.6% protein content at frozen state.
Hybrid meatballs with Meatless® TFF P13
Get the best of both worlds in these delicious hybrid meatballs: Juicy with the perfect texture and affordable protein levels. On top, can be sourced frozen and with a hypo-allergenic profile.
The 4 ingredients mentioned above can be used in a variety of recipes. In which product category do you want to introduce hybrid? Let us know, and we will provide you with tailored information.
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Hybrid meat concept
Let us inspire you with this next evolution in burger perfection. How to serve up a juicy burger with 40% beef replacement whilst still delivering that meaty texture.
Recipe available upon request.
Hybrid fish concept
Catch of the day: a tasty combination of sea and land. Because of the superb texture and natural white colour of our plant-based flakes, you can easily blend them with codfish into an appetizing and sustainable bite.
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