The Value of Specialty Protein Testing and Product Development: A Case Study

This case study details how Eurofins The National Food Lab was able to assist a Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) company in evaluating alternative proteins for their existing dairy-based products.

Challenges include:

• A multi-national CPG company has business objectives to expand its portfolio into a plant-based market.
• Over 100 plant protein alternatives were identified
• Time commitment too large

Solutions include:

• Development of a performance-based testing approach to evaluate proteins
• Built a database outlining what performed best
• Reduced trial and error resulting in a more cost-effective and time-efficient process

By leveraging a specialized protein testing plan, a database of protein ingredients with defined functionalities can be built and then used to identify high-potential ingredients and reduce trial and error during product development.  The client was able to apply specific filters and create a short list of high-potential ingredient options.

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