A specialized nutrition supplements manufacturer wanted to develop a soy‑based, dry blended beverage for a customer in Asia. The features of the finished product needed to include good dispersibility, mouth feel and sensory characteristics that all meet regional/local consumer preferences in order to compete in the marketplace.
A cross-functional team from Solae quickly formulated a response and delivered it to the customer. The team then designed a series of experiments to evaluate the physical and sensory properties of several proteins for this application. After evaluation of the options, the joint team of customer and Solae identified the best solution to achieve sensory, functionality and quality targets. Consumer feedback has validated that the prototypes met the criteria. Solae's
R&D capabilities, including applied technology, applications development, sensory science and discovery research, provided highly valued support to the customer to accelerate their development timeline and deliver a product on target for their product brief.
This specialty business conversion was completed in just six months due to excellent team work with the customer. Moreover, the nutritional product is now the leading nutritional powdered beverage in the customer's category and is a key driver of profitability for their food and nutrition business.