Flexitarian inspired, plant-based solutions
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Many consumers increasingly feel encouraged to include plant-based meals into a more varied menu. As many as one in four globally are flexitarians. Other than the pleasure of cooking or trying something new, they are drawn to plant-based dishes due to their healthful appeal.
Develop plant-inspired recipes that are simply delicious. With BENEO’s rice ingredients- and textured wheat protein you bring out pure flavours and exciting textures.
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Vegan cooking with chef Pieter-Jan Lint
The plant-based kitchen is not reserved to hippie-chic foodies or the odd vegan food truck. It is a genuine lifestyle that has found its way into the everyday kitchen. Meat-free, egg-free, dairy-free… have all become food labels that awaken consumers’ interest.
At the forefront of the plant-based cuisine, we find a vegan chef with a delicate technical finesse in gastronomy.
In collaboration with the BENEO Technology Centre, Chef Pieter-Jan Lint conjures vegan dishes to remember. Here is a sample of the so-called “Liberty Menu”, a match in heaven between the technical functionality of rice ingredients and simply good food with a limited impact on the environment.
Discover our plant-based recipes:
Marry up rice starch and wheat protein in a lasagna that strikes the right balance between texture and creaminess while still being plant-based.
Originality in dairy- and meat-free formulations
Let’s plant the future with options that feed the body and mind of the flexitarian consumer. Get inspired by rice, wheat and the faba-bean, which cater to consumers’ growing interest in vegan and veggie products. Thanks to their texturizing properties and quality protein content, you will innovate dairy-free and meat-free alternatives that fly off the shelve.
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Dairy-free and enriched with protein. Combine faba bean protein and rice ingredients to create a homogenous smoothie with a pleasant mouthfeel.
Dairy free creamer
Add flavour and a full-bodied mouthfeel to 100% plant-based macchiatos, ‘sin-lattés’ or ‘chai sin-lattés’ each with a dairy-free creamer based on rice starch.
Meat free filling
Rice starch and textured wheat protein act as a binder and texturiser in veggie shu mai, xiao long bao and other savoury buns, croquettes, dumplings, and ravioli.
Dairy-free chocolate
Take out the dairy, and save the flavour. Dairy-free never tasted better. With rice powder, you create plant-based chocolate with a good bite and mouthfeel.
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Free from, but full of taste
Two in five flexitarians buy dairy alternatives because they like the taste.
The plant movement continues to drive innovation as plant-based dairy and meat alternatives are competing for a place top of shelf. 15% of new product launches of plant-based drinks globally included rice as a dairy alternative ingredient.
Consumers have a multitude of reasons for wanting to incorporate plant-based meat and dairy substitutes into their diet, even if they are not vegan or vegetarian. Sometimes they want to avoid meat or dairy containing foods. Often their core motivation is a healthy lifestyle for themselves that is respectful of the world they live in. But there is more to it… Flexitarians seem to have taken a taste for plant-based. Nearly half of them highlights this as the driver behind their lifestyle.
Discover how you can continue to push your brand forward and make nutritious and tasty food with rice ingredients.
Health savvy foodies
Long-term health is top of mind with consumers everywhere. They perceive more natural foods as better for them. Green and clean ingredients will help you to make more transparent ingredient lists. With rice ingredients and textured wheat protein, you strike a match with a healthier and more mindful lifestyle. And you will hit the flavour buttons of flexitarian consumers at the exact right spot.
I actively take steps to make my nutrition (more) healthy
How food is made and what is in it is very important for me
Before I buy a product, I look closely at the on-pack information (e.g. checking nutritional values, checking calories, the label)
Interesting webinars
Plant inspired and delicious
Sharpen up your recipe with natural ingredients and create something consumers will thoroughly enjoy. We will share trends and insights into the flexitarian market and show you how our ingredients can help you become the next big thing in plant-based nutrition.
Innovate for true indulgence with dairy-free desserts
In this webinar we show you how to make plant-based indulgent desserts, like a smooth vegan cheesecake or a creamy Dulce ‘sin leche’. We’ll share our latest recipes, product concepts and technical footage of a step-by-step recipe approach.
Inspiring concepts
Plant-based chocolate bar
This rice-based, dairy-free treat is a tasty alternative to milk chocolate that’s surely smooth enough to cure any flexitarian’s sweet tooth.
Love it plant-based
Make everyday meals and snacks feel as good as they taste, with this versatile dairy-free cashew spread. Discover the functionalities of our rice ingredients.
Biscuit with benefits
Get your crispy biscuit packed with benefits from the faba bean. Take a gluten-free bite full of lemon-sweet plant-based protein and fibre.