Ohly's yeast extracts an effective alternative for creating plant-based products

Ohly breaks down how their yeast-based flavour solutions can contribute to the creation of plant-based alternatives.

Worldwide meat consumption continues to drop in response to concerns about environmental impact and animal welfare, as well as health. As a result,, vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian lifestyles are becoming increasingly popular.

Delivering convincing taste and texture remains a key challenge when developing plant-based alternatives. Consumers ask for natural, healthy alternatives with an authentic taste and mouthfeel. (Innova, 2023).

How yeast extracts can help create successful alternative protein products

Improving taste and texture	Ohly’s range of versatile yeast-based ingredients deliver authentic taste and texture ideal for alternative protein products.
Enhancing nutritional value	Ohly nutritional yeasts contain a wealth of vitamins, minerals and proteins.
Providing healthier options	Ohly’s yeast-based solutions enable salt content reduction of up to 40% without compromising on flavour richness.
Lowering environmental impact	We work with ClimatePartner to offer carbon-neutral yeast-based ingredients.

Although nobody doubts that plant protein is more environmentally friendly and sustainable, making it taste as good as meat can be a real challenge.

We harness the natural flavours of yeast to both deliver meaty notes and mask any undesirable off-notes from the plant protein. Plus, we also make sure that your products have that juicy and fatty mouthfeel of meat, which can be so hard to replicate.

Best of all, you only need to add a little to your products: our solutions work incredibly well at low dosages.

Key taste functionality for alternative protein products

Our application experts have developed a comprehensive range of ingredients and flavour tools which will work to build flavour foundations, highlight key notes and enhance mouthfeel.