Application & Formulation

A uniquely holistic approach

Whatever your application and formulation challenge, we bring a unique understanding of the interactions between raw materials, food ingredients, production and consumption. 

Driven by our passion for the science and emotion of food, our experts can work with you from discovery to application; and from customer to consumer. We take a holistic approach to a holistic health problem, going far beyond single ingredients or isolated solutions. In fact, each co-creation journey we embark on with you features a unique combination of world-class science and innovation, a vast palette of ingredients and flavors, breakthrough technologies, consumer insights - and unrivaled technical, application, and regulatory support.

We support you with 11 application hubs around the world, where we collaborate and innovate with customers to identify the best application and formulation solutions for local challenges and tastes – all complemented by our on-site technical support.

Tackling your key challenges in application & formulation

You need a partner that understands the trends driving application development; and knows how to deliver the qualities needed to help you create differentiated products.

Changing tastes

You need to ensure that your formulations can be consistently and reliably tailored to regional taste preferences.

Claims & regulatory

Your products need to comply with legislation worldwide; but they must also feature compliant claims that trigger consumer preference.

Formulation first

Balancing the ingredients in any formulation is becoming increasingly complex. How can you achieve this more efficiently?

Our Expertise

Bioprotective support

How do you turn around a cold-chain transport challenge with bioprotective solutions? 

Our application and technical support experts helped a dairy customer solve it for their yogurt containing natural ingredients - with excellent results.

Boosting cheese yield

Increasing cheese yield while keeping the same taste and texture isn’t an easy job. But our experts helped a Gouda cheesemaker achieve it, using our Maxiren®XDS enzyme. 

The result was a 1.5% increase in yield that saved the producer €1.5 million annually.

Plant-based expertise

Boosting the nutrition of plant-based meat or fish alternatives is key to meeting the changing needs of health-conscious consumers.

That’s why our nutritional premix experts work with you to differentiate your products by seamlessly integrating your choice of vitamins, nutrients and other healthy ingredients to your product and base protein.