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Protein in Focus: Individual Product Solutions by Erbacher Food Intelligence at Fi Europe

Protein is one of the defining trend topics at Fi Europe 2025. Erbacher Food Intelligence shows how different protein sources such as sunflower, wheat, soy or pea are developed into individual, market-ready ingredients for meat alternatives, bars, chocolate or as a snack – tailored in form, color, taste and added benefits such as organic, halal, kosher or gluten-free.

Protein is one of the defining topics in the food industry – confirmed by recent market analyses as well as conversations at trade fairs over the past months. At Erbacher Food Intelligence, this trend has become clearly visible in customer and prospect inquiries, which increasingly focus on protein-rich product solutions for different applications.

One aspect stands out: protein content alone is no longer the deciding factor. What matters is how an ingredient behaves in the specific application – in taste, texture and behaviour. This is exactly where product development at Erbacher Food Intelligence comes in.

As a development and production partner, we translate protein trends into individual, market-ready product solutions. Not only the protein source can be freely selected – for example sunflower, wheat, soy or pea – but also form, color, taste and added benefits such as organic, halal, kosher or gluten-free. This results in product solutions tailored precisely to the customer's requirements and project.

A few practical examples, which Erbacher Food Intelligence will also present at Fi Europe 2026:
 · TVP for meat alternative: Sunflower Protein (70 %) Texturate – high protein & vegan
 · Ingredients for bars: Soy Protein (76 %) Cocoa Tapioca Crispy – high protein & no added sugar
 · Ingredients for chocolate applications: Milk Protein (67 %) Crisp – high protein & gluten-free
 · Snacks: Lentil Sunflower Protein (45 %) Flip with Leek flavour – high protein content, gluten-free, organic & vegan

These examples show how differently the topic of protein can be translated according to customer requirements and the area of application.

Come and visit us at Fi Europe at stand 3.0G31 or visit www.food-intelligence.de and tell us about your high-protein product idea.

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