PLANT BASED DAIRY ALTERNATIVES 2022
(see recipe 2). Unlike soy, which usually has a beany aftertaste,
rice is neutral in taste and therefore renders
the use of masking ingredients unnecessary. BENEO's
rice ingredients are also gluten-free, hypoallergenic and
visually convincing with their clear white colour.
What makes rice ingredients particularly interesting,
though, are their texturising properties. With a diameter
of between two and eight micrometers, rice starch
particles are comparable to the size of fat droplets. This
means that they not only allow for fat reduction in many
applications, but also ensure a creamy consistency and
pleasant mouthfeel. Rice starch can also be used to
produce dairy-free alternatives to foods with complex
textures such as chocolate mousse, ice cream or cream
fillings in baked goods – and without the use of thickeners
or gelling agents.
Simple and stable
Incorporating rice ingredients into a recipe is simple,
and does not require adjustments to existing machinery
or additional investment in terms of production. Another
plus point of BENEO’s rice ingredients is that many
of them are extremely stable during the production
process. Functional native rice starches provide high
stability for foods with demanding conditions, such as
low pH values or high shear forces, and the new instant
variant is particularly suitable for cold products such as
desserts or bakery cream.
Recipe 2: Genuine rice drink.
Ingredients (%w/w) Test recipe
Water 85
Rice syrup 10
Rice bran oil 2
Emulsifier 2
Rice starch & rice flour 1
Minor ingredients (e.g. tricalcium phosphate,
calcium carbonate, stabiliser) q.s. q.s.
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Comprehensive customer support
BENEO offers its customers comprehensive support
throughout the entire product development chain –
from a technical and nutritional perspective, as well as
in terms of labelling and marketing. The company works
with manufacturers to further expand the variety of
high-quality, tasty and healthy dairy alternatives available,
all of which will appeal to consumers who avoid
dairy products for ethical, health or taste reasons.
1 BENEO Global Plant-Based Survey 2021 - Insites
Consulting conducted an online quantitative survey in
July 2021 in Spain, France, Germany, Poland, UK, US,
Brazil, Australia, China and Russia: min. 1000 consumers/
country = 11,990 consumers in total; sample
of flexitarians = 2905
2 BENEO Consumer Research on Clean Label and
Natural, 2018.
3 https://www.bzfe.de/ernaehrung/ernaehrungswissen/
gesundheit/unvertraeglichkeiten-frei-von-imtrend/
laktoseintoleranz/
4 Mintel GNPD, 2019.
5 BENEO Consumer Research on Clean Label and
Natural, 2018.
Rice starch, flour and syrup help capture
the essence of dairy products
(photo: Shutterstock_©Davizro Photography)
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