Overview Study: Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein Processing
A global F&B leader consulted Stellarix for a comprehensive review of key processing parameters and the physico-chemical properties of the raw materials used in HVP production. Stellarix’s expertise enabled the client to make strategic sourcing decisions and implement optimal technologies, thereby enhancing its value chain and overall competitive position. Client Background: A worldwide leader in […]
Beverage Innovation: Unbottling What’s Inside
Beverage Innovation and Functionality: The Next Chapter Beverages are swiftly aligning with health and clean-label parameters across interconnected frontiers. At the top is functionality that is beaming with breakthroughs spanning blood alcohol reducing formulations to precision fermented proteins and AI-inspired flavors. However, there is a wide chasm that separates lab promises and market reality. The […]
Functional Beverages: Turning Lab Promises into Commercial Reality
The beverage market growth is fuelled by the convergence of diverse consumer trends prioritizing health over convenience and pleasure. As R&D and product features align with this demand, a completely new class of innovations is emerging, spanning beverages that can reduce blood alcohol levels by half in 30 minutes and nutrient-fortified coffee. But despite progress […]
Trends and Innovations in Beverage Flavors
The beverage industry has a diverse range of products, ranging from soft drinks and hard (alcoholic) beverages to coffee, tea, and functional health drinks. The opportunities created by the worldwide growth of this sector are contradicted by several obstacles. The bottom line of these challenges is a demand to address the shift in demographics while […]
Technology Scouting: Traceability for Aquaculture and Agricultural Products
A client sought sustainable traceability solutions for aquaculture and agricultural products. The comprehensive competitive and market assessment by Stellarix provided the client with a better understanding of the top providers of sustainable and accurate traceability solutions. Client Background: The client sought providers of traceability systems for aquaculture and agricultural products that were sustainable, efficient, and […]
High-Protein Blends & Prebiotic Sodas: Future Trends in Functional Beverages
Key Takeaways: Functional beverages promise more than just energy and hydration, offering gut health benefits, relaxation, and workout support. This signals a growing shift in consumer demand for health-focused benefits from industry players’ product offerings. The global functional food and beverage segment is valued at more than $281bn with a forecast exceeding half a trillion […]
The Rising Flavour Frenzy in Beverages
Flavor escapism is described as consumers’ desire for a new sensory experience that blends nostalgia, pleasure, adventure, and emotional stimulation. Essentially, it is a taste bud sensation that transports them to idyllic destinations without going there. This growing fanfare for new flavors has lately been a driving force in the beverage industry and is here […]
Carbon Farming Trends: Potential Challenges and Growing Opportunities for the Agritech Industry
The agricultural industry faces the dual challenge of combating climate change impacts and maintaining food security amid all the focus and effort directed towards achieving net-zero emissions. Since farmland ecosystems cover around 12% of the land worldwide, including carbon sinks and sources, they significantly contribute to nearly 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. These figures make […]
Plant-Based & Alternative Proteins Evolution: Recent Breakthroughs Opening New Growth Avenues
The popularity of plant-based food trends and shifting demands for alternative proteins are primarily driven by customers’ preferences for novel alternatives, such as peas, canola, and faba beans. However, achieving the optimal taste, mouthfeel, and texture is one of the most pressing impediments for plant-based food industry players. Companies struggle with mass-level commercialization of plant […]
Food as Medicine 2.0: Personalized Nutrition with Microbiome and AI
The “Food as Medicine” paradigm is shifting toward a personalized approach, where nutrition is tailored to an individual’s unique biology, lifestyle, and health needs. This change is driven by advances in genomics, microbiome science, and artificial intelligence (AI), allowing the creation of customized diets that consider factors like gut microbiome makeup, genetic traits, metabolic responses, […]