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ICL Food Specialties and DAIZ Engineering to Launch ROVITARIS® SprouTx™ Textured Soy Protein at Food Ingredients Europe 2024

iclfoodRevolutionary solution delivers excellent taste, texture, and nutrition to reinvent plant-based meat and seafood products

ICL Food Specialties, a leading manufacturer of functional ingredient solutions, and DAIZ Engineering, a food-tech startup company with a patented protein technology, today announced the launch of a transformative soy protein designed to address sensory challenges faced by the plant-based meat and seafood industry.

ICL WP CoverROVITARIS® SprouTx™ leverages proprietary germination technology to produce innovative textured soy proteins that allow formulators to create a new generation of plant-based meat and seafood products that offer excellent taste, texture, and nutritional attributes compared to plant-based protein options currently in the marketplace.

“ROVITARIS® SprouTx™ is a breakthrough development, made possible through our partnership with DAIZ,” says Mr. Rado Sporka, Vice President of the Food Specialties Commercial Business for ICL. “Together we are excited to offer an innovative and exceptional soy protein without the characteristic ‘beany’ or bitter taste, to help formulators create better tasting, better performing plant-based meat and seafood products for an elevated consumer experience.”  

“Our proprietary germination technology is key to the positive attributes of ROVITARIS® SprouTx™,” says Mr. Koji Ochiai, CEO of DAIZ Engineering. “Through an innovative process, we demonstrate significant advancements in the taste, texture, and nutrition, which also impacts the affordability of the textured soy protein. This product has transformative potential for the industry, with the ability to successfully solve a range of issues facing manufacturers.”

ROVITARIS® SprouTx™ will launch at Food Ingredients Europe 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany, 19-21 November. Visit the ICL Food Specialties booth #3.1K10 to learn more and meet with experts available to share the benefits of this revolutionary textured soy protein. ROVITARIS® SprouTx™ will be available for commercial distribution in 2025.

For more information about the development of this revolutionary textured soy protein, including the benefits it provides to manufacturers and consumers, click here to download the white paper. www.iclfood.com