Fonterra has started working with Nourish Ingredients to accelerate the development of dairy products with innovative fats.
The collaboration has combined the Co-operative’s decades of dairy expertise, global scale and commitment to meeting global food demand with Nourish Ingredients’ scientific ingenuity in precision fermentation-based animal-like fats.
Nourish Ingredients has pioneered dairy-type lipid solutions that deliver dairy foods' authentic creamy taste, aroma, and mouthfeel. Their Creamilux product has the rich, indulgent sensation of full cream.
In their joint efforts, Nourish Ingredients and Fonterra will focus on product innovation. They will also explore opportunities for Nourish Ingredients’ fats to enhance non-dairy categories, such as bakeries that traditionally rely on dairy lipids.
The Fonterra team first tasted Nourish Ingredients’ Creamilux product in January 2024. Following this tasting, Fonterra and Nourish Ingredients moved quickly to collaborate based on their aligned missions and trusted reputations.
“Nourish Ingredients is taking a unique approach that aligns perfectly with Fonterra’s focus on leadership in dairy innovation science and being at the forefront of such innovative new food ingredients,” said Dr Jeremy Hill, Fonterra's Chief Science and Technology Officer.
“By partnering, we can explore new ways to help meet the growing global demand for great-tasting, texturally appealing products that deliver exceptional customer experiences.”
He said that dairy would always be at the core of the business and that ingredients produced through emerging technologies could work seamlessly in and alongside Fonterra’s dairy products, expanding the range and choices offered to customers.
“This collaboration balances our passion for creating innovative ingredients with hard-nosed applications to unlock massive product opportunities. We are overcoming specific animal ingredient bottlenecks to optimise current animal-based food production capacity without losing quality,” said James Petrie, Chief Executive Officer at Nourish Ingredients.
“This allows us to enable our partners to meet demand with our potent lipids without sacrificing taste and experience. Fonterra is a great partner that lets us bring our vision to commercial reality as quickly as possible.”
Fonterra and Nourish Ingredients have aimed to meet the growing demand for novel ingredients by harnessing each other's complementary strengths.
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