GELITA used this year’s SupplySide East to showcase its wide range of capabilities and offerings in better-for-you foods and supplements. 

While plant-based proteins are undoubtedly the biggest trend of the decade, cellular-based proteins—also known as "cultiavated animal proteins," "no kill meat," and formerly known as "lab-growth" proteins—are benefiting from a technical boom that's bringing cellular-derived meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy to market at a breakneck speed.

David Feder, Executive Editor-Technical for Prepared Foods media, interviews Paul Kollesoff, co-founder of The Urgent Co., makers of industry-upsetters Brave Robot animal-free ice cream and Modern Kitchen animal-free cream cheese.

Farbest is already known for its robust portfolio of plant and dairy proteins, gums, natural colors, sweeteners, and more to meet customer needs.

EverGrain’s collaboration with The Game Changers filmmaker represents a significant milestone in the young business’s journey to create a more sustainable, circular food chain by commercializing and scaling thousands of tons of upcycled BSG into nutrient rich ingredients.

JPG Resources identified 731 booths (23%) as having “vegan” food, and 401 booths (13%) that described their offerings as functional. Meanwhile, references to “regenerative agriculture” and “fermentation” mentions made up approximately 1% each out of 3,178 total exhibitors.

Over the past decade, the alternative protein industry has seen rapid growth in investor interest, with a total of $14.2 billion invested globally. Despite a high variance, investment in alternative proteins has doubled on average year over year. Amid challenging market conditions, alternative protein investment decelerated over the past year (alongside the 35% decline in overall global venture funding), decreasing from $5.1 billion in 2021 to $2.9 billion in 2022.

EverGrain™, AB InBev’s sustainable ingredient business, is poised to disrupt the performance beverage category this year with the launch of two products that use EverPro®, the only commercially available barley protein made from upcycled brewer’s spent grain (BSG).

Javi's packaging design evolved, drawing inspiration from INFINIT's roots of working with adventure athletes while maintaining the rugged and natural look that has historically graced this coffee-infused formula's packaging.

GELITA will show how its highly functional Bioactive Collagen Peptides (BCP®), along with the other natural, allergen-free, and clean-label ingredients in its portfolio, can hold the key to on-trend product development. CONFIXXTM next-generation gelatin for fortified gummies, specific BCP® for improved mobility, and pharmaceutical gelatins for targeted fill release will be just three of the innovative solutions on show.