Hybrid Food Products
Familiar Flavor. Better Nutrition. Fewer Compromises.
Working together with sister company Planteneers, Hydrosol develops hybrid products that combine flavor, nutrition, economy and sustainability.
What Are Hybrid Foods?
Hybrid products combine animal-origin ingredients with plant-based Ingredients like vegetables, legumes, plant-based proteins or mycoprotein.
The result is products that preserve the familiar flavor and typical texture of classic meat or dairy products, while offering added nutritional, economical and ecological benefits. The plant-based components can be either visibly integrated, for example as vegetable pieces, or completely incorporated into recipes without changing the accustomed product experience.
This gives rise to products consumers already know and love, from burgers and ground meat to nuggets to cold cuts and sausage. The focus is not on doing without meat, but on an intelligent combination of enjoyment, nutrition and sustainability.
Concentrated Expertise From Hydrosol & Planteneers
Hybrid products work best when different areas of expertise work together. So Hydrosol and Planteneers bundle their expertise to create all-in solutions for the food industry.
Hydrosol has decades of experience in stabilizing, texturing, binding, moistness and sensory factors. Planteneers contributes its comprehensive expertise in plant-based proteins, vegetable components and alternative raw materials.
Together we develop hybrid concepts that meet consumer expectations and simultaneously open up new possibilities, from clean label and high protein to cost-optimized and sustainable product ideas.
Why Hybrid?
Because Consumers Want More.
The motivations for eating less meat are changing. Alongside sustainability, today health and rising costs are important drivers. At the same time, consumers don’t want to compromise on taste.
What Makes Hybrid Products Successful
Hybrid products combine the strengths of animal and plant ingredients. To win over consumers, they have to offer the right taste, texture and everyday utility. At the same time, improved nutrition, sustainability and attractive cost structures create real added value for both consumers and manufacturers.
For targeted nutritional improvement, hybrid products can be enriched with individual vitamin and mineral premixes from our sister company SternVitamin, for example for children’s products or functional high-protein offerings.
Our Applications
Meat Snacks
Juicy meat snacks with flexible levels of vegetables and plant proteins, from snack sticks to bite-sized treats.
Burger & Meat Balls
Juicy burgers and meatballs with flexible vegetable and plant protein inclusion, and retaining excellent binding, texture and bite.
Chicken Nuggets
Hybrid chicken nuggets with reduced meat content and added vegetables or plant proteins, and retaining juicy texture and satisfying bite.
Cold Cuts
Hybrid cold cuts with reduced meat content and added vegetables or plant proteins, and retaining stable texture and appealing bite.
Sausage
A wide variety of hybrid sausage products such as hot dogs, salami or bratwurst, with flexible levels of vegetables and plant proteins.
Beyond Meat: Hybrid Concepts for Dairy Products
Hybrid concepts have great potential in the dairy category as well. By combining milk components with plant ingredients, manufacturers can create innovative beverages and dairy products with improved nutrition, attractive cost structure and familiar flavor.
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From the initial idea to market launch, we’ll be glad to help you develop successful hybrid products.