With consumers becoming increasingly aware of their diets and the environmental impact of the foods they consume, the market for vegetarian and vegan foods is growing rapidly. A major challenge for food producers is to find an alternative for egg whites, an animal-based ingredient with excellent binding functionality. It is the final hurdle to turn plant-based meat alternatives into 100% vegan products.

FUMI Ingredients is working on the solution for this problem. The company's technology is based on a tailor-made sequence of unit operations through which a vegan alternative to egg-whites is produced.

While the functionality remains the same, the process is cost competitive and more sustainable than the animal based alternative.