PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2019

BEVERAGE INGREDIENTS PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 06/19 www.petpla.net 61 Trends and product solutions in the food and drinks sector in 2019 Better quality, less time The food and drinks industry is experiencing increasing change. In recent years, consumers have been placing ever greater and more varied demands on their diets. Reasons range from food intolerances to choosing diet concepts that harmonise with individual lifestyles. Only providers that react promptly to continuously changing consumer needs and offer appropriate innovations will be successful on the market in the long term. What diet trends can be expected this year? An important trend last year will stay with us throughout 2019: high-quality foods are important to modern consum- ers. At the same time, they are not willing or able to spend a great deal of time on preparing good food and drink. Modern foods must therefore be quick and easy to prepare, suit the individual lifestyle, be produced in a healthy and sustain- able way and be free from allergens and e-numbers. However, the focal point of consumer interest is more than ever before the multisensory product experi- ence which occurs when a harmonious appeal is made to all the senses at once. Taste, smell, appearance, mouthfeel and sound all have an influence on what lands in the shopping basket of the ever more demanding consumer. Multisensory experiences with healthy added value With natural, plant-based ingredi- ents and all-in-one solutions, Döhler creates individual lifestyle products, intended to bringing together great flavour, multisensory top quality and optimum nutrition. And the company also offers its customers innumerable possibilities for overcoming the future challenges of the market. Plant-based nutrition For ethical, ecological or health reasons, more and more people are eating a purely plant-based diet. In Europe alone, the introduction of plant- based products tripled between 2014 and 2018. The reasons for this trend are various. First of all, a purely plant- based diet offers nutritional, physiologi- cal and health benefits. Plant-based nutrition creates a balanced relation- ship between nutrition uptake and calo- rie intake. Because manufacturers of plant-based foods also use less water and less productive land and generate less CO 2 than those of animal-based foods, a plant-based diet is also more sustainable for the planet. To satisfy this trend, Döhler is offering a variety of natural milk-free ingredients for manufacturing a wide range of products. The oat-based, rice- based, coconut-based and almond- based alternatives are nutritious and they offer subtle flavour variations. With the help of a large selection of functional and health-promoting ingre- dients, optimised nutrition profiles can be created with all important essential amino acids and these can replace animal proteins. Of course, the flavour profiles of these products can be fin- ished with fruit components or natural aromas. Time and again, the question arises about whether a plant-based diet can provide sufficient protein for a healthy person. The solution to this involves proteins from plant sources which Döhler uses in numerous prod- ucts. In order that these plant-based proteins can ensure optimum protein provision, protein building blocks