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  • Fascinating insights into the growth of faba bean.

    Fascinating insights into the growth of faba bean.

    BENEO has recently expanded its portfolio by ingredients from faba bean. Reason enough for us to take a closer look at this interesting crop. Because faba bean is becoming more and more attractive for both the food industry and agribusiness. Since March, we have been following the growth of faba beans on Südzucker’s experimental farm Kirschgartshausen in the north of Mannheim, Germany. This farm with its approximately 300 hectares of land is a place where innovative cultivation methods are tested. […]

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  • A culinary tasting with BENEO’s ingredients.

    A culinary tasting with BENEO’s ingredients.

    Our colleagues from the BENEO-Technology Center recently launched a tasty initiative. Every month, 12 colleagues will be invited for a culinary tasting in the food application centre. This is where our food experts work on recipes with BENEO’s functional ingredients. A few months ago, a culinary chef joined the team, taking our plant-based food application recipes even a step further. So, needless to say I was very excited to be invited to taste his creations for the very first time. […]

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  • Palatinose™ ‒ a secret ingredient for healthy resolutions.

    Palatinose™ ‒ a secret ingredient for healthy resolutions.

    Make 2023 your year with the help of Palatinose™. Enjoy its many benefits such as improved performance, faster recovery, stable blood sugar levels, and fat oxidation. Try delicious recipes to incorporate Palatinose™ into your daily routine. And discover how ChatGPT, the latest AI tool, helped with writing this blog and might be a step towards a new era of AI.

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  • Chinese New Year: Fostering Prosperity through Food.

    Chinese New Year: Fostering Prosperity through Food.

    The Chinese New Year is a festival that marks the start of the lunar calendar and more than 2 billion people around the world celebrate it in some way. Food plays an important role during this event. Chinese people love auspicious things and food eaten during the Chinese New Year typically have symbolic meanings to them. Our colleague from Singapore describes some popular dishes eaten during the festival.

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  • A festive dinner with a secret ingredient.

    A festive dinner with a secret ingredient.

    Do you fancy a festive Christmas menu? Our colleague Hanna Bean has already cooked this 3-course menu before Christmas in order to write it down step by step. The secret? A special ingredient that gives the festive dinner a unique twist.

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  • Viva Mexico – Food Tech Summit & Expo.

    Viva Mexico – Food Tech Summit & Expo.

    What a feeling to sit on the plane again and travelling across the ocean. It’s been a while for me – almost 3 years! I was on my way to Mexico, very excited to be attending the Food Tech Summit in Mexico City. Loved being back in Mexico with its cheery colors, kind people, yummy guacamole (with grasshoppers – yes, I tried it!) and of course mariachi bands 😊. Back to business… After a few important customer meetings with my […]

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  • Cold brew coffee & super fluffy air cake.

    Cold brew coffee & super fluffy air cake.

    Today, our colleague and product manager for Palatinose™ reveals her grandma’s secret GDR recipe for her popular air cake. And to get through the baking adventure, we learn something about cold brew coffee with Palatinose™.

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  • Blood glucose and gut microbes.

    Blood glucose and gut microbes.

    Did you know that your gut microbes as well as your blood sugar level can beneficially influence your immune system in COVID-19 times? At the BENEO-Institute, we looked at this phenomenon a bit closer.

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  • Long-term, sustainable business principles at BENEO.

    Long-term, sustainable business principles at BENEO.

    Next to quality and reliability, an important factor for rice sourcing is sustainability. This entails a wide range of factors, from safety to ethical aspects and involvement in the local situation. Find out more about BENEO’s principles.

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  • Start of chicory campaign in Oreye

    Start of chicory campaign in Oreye

    End of August, BENEO started with processing chicory roots at its production site located in Oreye, Belgium. The special feature of this year’s chicory campaign season is that our team dedicated the first week to the processing of organic chicory.

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