Kaffee & Kuchen
Sweet treats don’t need to be sinful to meet a sugar craving. Try a dessert with a difference.
Dairy-free carrot cake
A light dairy and egg-free carrot cake bite, topped with a whipped vegan cream cheese flavored frosting
Your Challenge
Consumers are concerned about calories and they’re looking to reduce their intake. At the same time, they want to enjoy indulgent sweet treats. So smaller, bite sized options are gaining traction, but so too are full-size portions with less fat. So, how can you address this trend, without losing eating quality?
Our Solution
You can radically improve the nutritional profile of your products by using a liquid, pumpable bakery shortening such as Akofluid™ 15. Pumpable shortenings can help you to reduce both fat and saturated fat, as well as improve batter volume, structure, and shelf life. At the same time you will be able to simplify production and cut waste.
Better taste: produces a light, airy texture that stays softer for longer.
Better nutrition: containing just 10% fat, pumpable shortenings allow for up to 20% less fat to be used overall, by more efficiently coating the flour.
Better functionality: pre-votated, pumpable shortenings are designed to be pumped straight into the mix, to save processing time.
Better sustainability: made from sustainably sourced RSPO SG palm, pumpable shortenings also help to reduce ingredient and packaging waste.
Mini Cheesecake
Dairy-free cheesecake, with a crunchy caramelized cookie base
Your Challenge
Many opt for dairy-free, whether through lifestyle choices, or because of allergies or stomach-related issues. There’s great demand therefore for dairy-free alternatives, but replicating the creamy, smooth texture of dairy cream cheese and whipped toppings presents quite a challenge.
Our Solution
The creamy layers of our cheesecake are made with plant-based cream cheese, containing AkoPlanet™ PBC 109-60 which is a specialized palm-free blend of plant oils. It can accurately mimic the creamy texture of dairy cream cheese, but with up to 30% less saturated fat than a standard dairy alternative.
Better taste: neutral in taste, delivers an appealing smooth and creamy texture.
Better nutrition: reduce the saturated fat in your plant-based cream cheese by up to 30%.
Better functionality: avoid the seasonal variability of dairy ingredients.
Better sustainability: the coconut oil in AkoPlanet™ PBC 109-60 is from our traceable primate-friendly supply chain.
Melt-in-the-mouth macarons
Plant-based macarons with a healthier, friendlier yet still indulgent filling
Your Challenge
In uncertain times consumers desire both indulgence and wellbeing from tasty food and drinks. <i>The future of Biscuits, Cookies and Crackers: 2023 Mintel</i>. Using AkoCrem<sup>™</sup> CB you don’t have to choose between health and indulgence, and it’s a sustainable choice too!
Our Solution
AkoCrem™ CB is a high performing filling fat, based on cocoa butter and liquid oil. It contains 23% less saturated fat than the leading palm-based filling fat, and 45% less than a typical shea and coconut-based alternative.
Better taste: creates a delicious, creamy and melty sensory experience.
Better nutrition: better nutritional profile than either palm-based, or shea and coconut alternatives.
Better functionality: it delivers faster formation of fat crystals, to create a stable and structured filling - perfect for stacking and packing delicious macarons.
Better sustainability: this aeration improving blend simplifies the production process, with quick air uptake and shorter mixing times - reducing energy consumption.