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Food & Protein Transition cases Happy Ocean Foods NIZO developed Happy Ocean Foods’ next generation alternative shrimp, combining a high protein content… Yaegaki Biotechnology NIZO developed 3product prototypes of meat and fish alternatives based on Yaegaki’s mycelium… dsm-firmenich NIZO supported dsm-firmenich in the development of its unique CanolaPRO® protein ingredients from canola/rapeseed…. Daesang NIZO identified […]
NIZO case studies
NIZO case studies

Food & Protein Transition cases

Happy Ocean Foods

case happy ocean food

NIZO developed Happy Ocean Foods’ next generation alternative shrimp, combining a high protein content…

Yaegaki Biotechnology

case yaegaki

NIZO developed 3product prototypes of meat and fish alternatives based on Yaegaki’s mycelium…

dsm-firmenich

case dsmfirmenich dsm Canola Pro

NIZO supported dsm-firmenich in the development of its unique CanolaPRO® protein ingredients from canola/rapeseed….

Daesang

case daesang namino

NIZO identified the unique selling points of Daesang’s new flavour enhancing ingredients (Namino)…

CarbExplore Research

case carb explore

CarbExplore partnered with NIZO to scale up their enzymatic conversion process for producing Stevia derivates…

Flavor and Texture Consortium

Flavor and Texture consortium case

The results of this consortium hold the potential to enhance the sensory experience of plant-based food products…

Mouthfeel/Astringency consortium

Mouthfeel/Astringency consortium case

NIZO collaborates with partners to develop strategies that enhance the sensory perception of plant-based products…

NIZO’s High Throughput Protein Extraction Tool

NIZO's High Throughput Protein Extraction Tool

Finalist | Future Food Tech Innovation Award 2024. This tool miniaturises and automates the laborious process of the…

Consortia: Edible Microbes & Microbial Protein

2 TKI Consortia: Edible Microorganisms & Microbial Protein case

Two TKI consortia are optimizing the valorization of side streams into high-value functional ingredients…

Biopurification

Biopurification case

Highly Recommended | Fi Food Tech Innovation Award 2024. A technology that reduces unwanted molecules, making plant-protein taste more neutral…

CheeseCoat

CheeseCoat

NIZO developed novel technologies for manufacturing low fat (3%) mozzarella type cheese with superior performance in ready meals like pizza & pasta…

Kikkoman

NIZO supported Kikkoman to remove the beany taste & dry mouth feel and develope a great tasting Tonyu-inryo soy milk yogurt drink…

Screening and selection of cultures for plant protein-based cheese alternatives​

Screening and selection of cultures for plant protein-based cheese alternatives​ case

Replacing animal-based ingredients by plant alternatives in hybrid food products

Replacing animal-based ingredients by plant alternatives in hybrid food products case

Processing cases

Magnificent Proteins

Magnificent Proteins case

With support from NIZO, Magnificent Proteins successfully produced 72 kg of faba bean protein isolate during their first pilot-scale production trial…

The Protein Brewery

The Protein Brewery case

With support from NIZO, the ingredient of The Protein Brewery has a good prospect for the dairy alternative beverage application market and performing even better on stability…

Cano-ela

Cano-ela case

With NIZO’s support in upscaling and enhancing product properties – primarily protein content and bitterness reduction – Cano-ela has successfully…

Brevel

Brevel case

To help Brevel overcome their technological challenges in extracting a colorless protein while retaining its functionality, NIZO conducted an intensive workshop…

Time Travelling Milkman

Time Travelling Milkman case

To meet TTM’s requirements for off-flavour removal and process scaling, NIZO provided tailored mitigation strategies that effectively reduce or prevent off-flavours…

Revyve

Revyve case

In 18 months, with the support of NIZO, Revyve was able to scale the process from lab scale (1l batch, < 50g product) to full industrial equipment (10.000l batch, 400kg product)…

G3 pharmaceutical

G3 Pharmaceuticals

G3P and NIZO worked together to develop and scale up an extraction process to produce a health promoting pectin ingredient, promising to combat…

TerViva

TerViva

TerViva and NIZO worked together to develop and scale up a mild extraction process to produce a highly functional Pongamia protein isolate…

MARDI

MARDI

NIZO created added-value products from the by-product coconut cake by fermentation using high throughput screening for the Malaysian agro-industry…

Food Safety cases

Prevent Clostridium spp.

prevent growth of Clostridium spp. case

At NIZO, we developed a plant-based high-throughput micro-scale screening system, to evaluate bacterial spore germination and growth in product matrices…

Lely

Lely case

NIZO supported Lely to design novel and sustainable cleaning and disinfecting strategies for dairy equipment for good microbiological milk quality…

Consortium SAFERMENT

Consortium SAFERMENT

NIZO cooperates with partners to conduct a science-based assessment of potential safety risks of dairy proteins produced via precision fermentation…

Listeria assessment and characterisation

Listeria assessment and characterisation case

NIZO supported a customer by providing insights into the growth potential of Listeria in foods, offering independent expert advice on solutions and process improvements to mitigate the risk…

Consortium Plant-based powder hydration

Consortium Hydration and spoilage of cocoa and plant-based drinks case

NIZO cooperates with partners in a science-based strategy to improve heat inactivation of microbial contaminants in cocoa and other poorly dispersible plant ingredients. This will support reduced food waste and…

Consortium: Manage the risks of microbial contaminants

Consortium: Manage the risks of microbial contaminants in plant-based ingredients case

NIZO cooperates with partners in the consortium to reach informed decision making on early interventions and process adaptations to ensure microbial safety and quality of plant-based dairy alternatives…

Consortium Preventing Cereulide toxin

Consortium Preventing Cereulide toxin

Funded by TKI and together with 11 companies and 2 knowledge institutes, NIZO finds a way to detect and control Cereulide toxin produced by Bacillus cereus

Health & Nutrition cases

NIZO’s MicroColon Model

NIZO's MicroColon Model case

A combination of two in vitro approaches provides immediate insight on beneficial host responses to metabolites that were produced during gut microbial fermentation of food ingredients…

Gnosis by Lesaffre

Case: Gnosis by Lesaffre

This study has provided scientific proof of potential mechanisms of BSCU1 in the defense against pathogens that have assisted Gnosis by Lesaffre in the further development and roll-out…

FrieslandCampina Ingredients

FrieslandCampina

NIZO supported Friesland Campina in performing a study in adults with sleep disturbances. We found that SleepWell stimulates intestinal Bifidobacteria and improves…

NutriLeads

NutriLeads

NIZO supported NutriLeads, in collaboration with the Amsterdam UMC, in demonstrating that BeniCaros trains the immune system to respond faster and more efficiently…

Consortium Oleaf4Value

Consortium Oleaf4Value case

NIZO cooperated with partners to valorise olive leaf biomass that is rich in bioactive compounds such as polyphenols. To substantiate health benefits, in vitro fecal…

Consortium Fermented Food

Consortium Fermented Food case

Partnering with industry leaders, NIZO aim to better understand the modulation of the human gut microbiome composition and metabolism by fermented foods…

Caelus Health

Caelus Health

Caelus Health is developing a new class of Microbiome Therapeutics for the reduction of insulin resistance and prevention of Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) in people with metabolic syndrome…

Aurealis Pharma

Aurealis Pharma

NIZO has been involved in the full strain development pipeline, on both laboratory and 30L scale of the Live Biotherapeutic Products. potentially offer sufferers of diabetic ulcers and cancer…

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