Background

Plant proteins have become more and more important as major nutritional and functional ingredient as well in classic foods and in innovations. However, the choice of suitable protein ingredients is quite limited so far and majorly concentrated on pea, soy and cereal origins. Besides lack in nutritional properties (e.g. limitation in essential amino acids), also limited functionality such as emulsifying ability or solubility or off-flavors still hinder a broad consumer acceptance of plant protein rich foods so far. Danone, Frauenhofer, University of Warsaw and NapifFeryn Biotech have teamed up to deliver high quality, tasty, and healthy dairy alternative products based on an underutilized and EU cultivated protein source – rapeseed.