Health-conscious consumers demand a combination of indulgence and healthiness from confectionery and chocolate products. Valio’s patented technology and pure industrial ingredients allow reduced sugar and increased protein products to be made with superior taste and texture with no artificial sweeteners. Our pure ingredients also enable lactose free products to be produced.
Valio’s experienced staff can help you with dosage, recipes and processes to meet regulations and to help improve the profitability of your products.
Let’s make the best tasting and sustainable confectionery and chocolate together!
Avoiding sugar is a clear trend also in indulgence sector. This sets a challenge in confectionery as sugar is the main component for sweet taste and also enhances the texture and prolongs the shelf life.
With the right natural ingredients, you can reduce sugar levels in a way that does not compromise important product qualities.
We have solutions to help you reduce your product’s sugar content naturally and without compromising in taste, texture and optimal shelf life. With our solutions you can:
You can increase the amount of protein in your confectionery recipes with Valio Eila® lactose free milk powders.
With our solutions you can:
Meet the trend of digestive wellness by producing your confectionery and chocolates lactose free. Modifying recipes to lactose free is easy by replacing regular milk powders with Valio Eila® lactose free milk powders.
With our solutions you can achieve numerous advantages in lactose free production:
VALIO EILA® milk powders include a broad range of lactose reduced products. Great taste and properties for food industry applications.
Valio whey powders are produced from the highest quality – fresh whey from our own cheese plants. Powders are fully traceable to origin.
Valio has long experience in manufacturing milk powders, always using responsibly sourced milk from our own dairy farmers in Finland.
Valio base powders for baby foods are manufactured from Valio’s own fresh milk and whey in a new state-of-the-art facility.
Award winning Valio butter is produced to match the current trends - natural purity, craftsmanship, provenance and high quality ingredients.
Valio cheeses are made of the best natural ingredients and dedication to flavour and quality.
The manufacture of fruit and berry fillings, marmalades and jams takes place at Valio’s large, specialised facility at Suonenjoki, Finland.
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Download info packagePeople want to enjoy their chocolate with clear conscience. Yet, they are not willing to compromise on taste, texture or mouthfeel. This tough equation means that chocolate manufacturers are looking for natural ways to reduce sugar in milk chocolate without using artificial sweeteners or losing the rich flavour or smooth texture of regular milk chocolate.
Read more ›There is a gap in the market for lactose free products which taste just as good or better than regular dairy products and feel more natural and less processed. Consumers feel there is not a lot to choose from in terms of products or brands.
Brunberg specialises in high-quality chocolate, toffee, liquorice and fruit confectioneries. The company’s latest addition to its range is a lactose free milk chocolate bar made with Valio Eila® lactose free milk powder.
Valio’s plants see many auditors visit them every month to confirm production practices and food safety. Very often, they want to verify that the products can be traced all the way to the farm.
To be able to meet and exceed the needs of our customers, now and in the future, it’s worth looking at the global food trends that are shaping behavioural changes on a daily basis.
Sugar is increasingly overtaking fat and salt as a primary consumer concern, especially as high sugar consumption is blamed for rising obesity rates.
Valio provides year-round, high-quality ingredients for various applications such as special nutrition, bakery, baby food and confectionary. These ingredients are produced in the Nordic climates of Finland and distributed globally.
Consumers are increasingly aware of E numbers and food additives. Also the health and wellness trend and sugar taxes challenge the food industry to reduce sugar, salt and fat. Valio’s natural ingredients enable all this while preserving the delicious taste of baked goods.
Consumer base for sport nutrition is expanding rapidly form athletes to all consumers with active lifestyles. There is a significant opportunity to develop sport nutrition products to the wide consumers base of every day sporty people.
Health-conscious consumers demand a combination of indulgence and healthiness from confectionery and chocolate products. Valio’s patented technology and GMO-free ingredients allow reduced sugar and increased protein products to be made with superior taste and texture.
Active older adults are foodies with huge potential for consumer segment specified products. Target for healthy ageing is clear, but there are very diversified needs and motives guiding the food choices and preferences. This gives significant potential to develop special nutrition products to meet the evolving needs of elderly.
Rising demand for products that suit consumers’ free from or health and wellness agendas are the market drivers also in dairy. Consumers prefer products with better nutritional values like higher protein or reduced sugar. At the same time lactose free trend is growing.
Baby foods must meet the existing regulations and the local nutritional recommendation for healthy development. We have solution for help you with balanced nutrition. Efficient and accurate recipe design and calculation to produce optimal composition for your needs.
Global demand for lactose free products has increased significantly during the last few years. We have solutions to help you in production of lactose free products.
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