AVEBE is proud to announce that its ETENIA™ product range has been nominated for the Food Valley Award 2009.
Food Valley annually rewards the most distinguishing innovative and sustainable innovation within Dutch food industry. The objective of the Food Valley Award is to enhance the innovativeness of the food and food-related sector by rewarding promising new initiatives that also advance the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in an exemplary manner.
The winner of the Food Valley Award 2009 will be announced during the Food Valley Conference on 8 October 2009.
ETENIA™ is an exciting range of products that has been specifically developed to meet and delight the latest consumer led texturising and functional needs. Based on truly new and innovative technology AVEBE’s portfolio of products has been devised to offer hydrocolloid like functionality with distinct benefits in creaminess, thickening, gelling and processability across a diverse range of market segments, including dairy, emulsified systems and savoury products.
The ETENIA™ range will significantly enhance a manufacturers’ tool box so products can be developed that meet the latest consumer demands. ETENIA™’s broad functional features have a wide range of applicability and benefits to impact consumer led market drivers: Health & Wellness, Premium & Indulgent, Natural & Safe and Versatile & Convenient.
ETENIA™ has been developed together with DSM Food Specialties. AVEBE and DSM Food Specialties entered into a strategic partnership in 2007. The combination of DSM’s enzyme expertise and AVEBE’s starch knowledge creates new opportunities for the development of innovative creaminess-enhancing products for the food industry, with ETENIA™ as the first result of this partnership.
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AVEBE is a potato starch company that produces starch-based solutions for foods, animal feeds, paper, building materials, textiles and adhesives. AVEBE operates worldwide, has production locations in the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden, and employs some 1300 people. AVEBE supports its clients in the development of innovative products based on potato starch. AVEBE's strategy is based on cost-price leadership and innovation.
DSM Food Specialties is a leading producer of value-added ingredient solutions for the international food and beverage industries, contributing in a major way to the success of the world's favorite dairy, processed food, fruit juice, alcoholic beverage and functional food brands. DSM Food Specialties’ commitment to reliable and traceable products which meet today's stringent safety and sustainability requirements is represented by our mark of excellence in nutrition: Quality for Life™. With 1400 employees active in 25 locations worldwide, DSM Food Specialties is a truly global player. More information about DSM Food Specialties can be found at www.dsm-foodspecialties.com and www.qualityforlife.com.
Food Valley stimulates innovation in the Dutch agro-food sector. The Netherlands is a leader in the agro-food sector, where the sky’s the limit. Based in Wageningen, at the heart of food research, Food Valley combines knowledge and entrepreneurship to cultivate a fertile environment for innovation. www.foodvalley.nl/conference