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Plant-based Alternatives

Yeast extracts, autolyzed yeast, and inactive yeast are ingredients that can enhance plant-based meat, fish, poultry, and cheese applications. Adding them to your preparation can:

  • Impart umami and overall taste.
  • Reinforce flavors like beef, meat, chicken, cheese, grilled, and smoked.
  • Provide longer-lasting flavor perception while helping reduce sodium content.
  • Contribute to the texture, rheology, color of the product.
  • Enrich the nutritional profile with a natural source of protein, fiber, minerals, and vitamins.
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IFT 2023 – Recipe Vegan Soft Ice Cream
Toravita® 301 is a dependable and animal-free source of protein. As a natural masking agent, it effectively reduces the undesirable off-flavors commonly found in pea protein. A tailor-made yeast ingredient provides the desired content of vitamins and minerals. A product by Revala OÜ.
Jackfruit tacos filling
Yeast extracts like High-Lyfe® 562 A are a very good way to balance existing flavors and reduce the added salt. Try this flavorful filling for a plant-based snack!
No-Cheese Nacho dip sauce
Engevita® mineral and vitamin yeast can improve the food nutritional profile
Organic Mac’n’veg-cheese
In this organic recipe Bio-Engevita® provides readily, dependable, natural fiber source and high quality protein, easily assimilated. Furthermore it will provide a delicate nutty and cheesy note to the sauce, while enhancing the mouthfeel releasing creaminess and flavor richness. Bio-Engevita® Nutritional yeast is available in powder or in flake form. Bio-Engevita® is organic certified and produced in accordance with EU regulation for manufacturing organic yeast (equivalent to USDA NOP as of June 2012)
Pea-based vegan burger
For this meat plant-based application, we worked both with inactive yeast and yeast extract flavor. Toravita® 300 masks the bitter and beany flavor notes of vegetable proteins while adding pleasant umami flavor and balancing the spices in the recipe. Savor-Lyfe® BEC contributes to building the meaty flavor, by its animal-free "beef extract" notes.
Pick ‘n’ mix – your – spreadable vegan cheese
We propose you a selection of Torula yeast specialties to "design at your taste" a mild vegan cheese-analog spread. Our ingredients can help you in finding the desired, delicious balance for your dairy-free spreadable. Use them alone or in combination, for the perfect snacking!  
Plant-based “Bolognese” style sauce
The combination of yeast extracts and inactive yeast gives just the right taste and juiciness to this plant-based alternative ragout sauce. In this recipe, Toravita® 000 helps to bind the flavors as well as providing texture enhancement by retaining water syneresis. The torula yeast reveals the flavors of the tomato by supporting with low sodium, natural amino acids. Dark yeast extract Savor-Lyfe® BEC participates in this synergistic effect by bringing a juicy and meaty flavor note to the sauce.
Plant-based Bacon
Taste a rich and mouthwatering plant-based version of smoked bacon! our yeast ingredients can deliver both the meaty taste and the smoky notes!
Plant-based burger
Both yeast extracts and inactive yeast can play a role in creating delicious plant-based burgers. As an example, Lake States® Type B can act as an off-flavor masking agent, as well as a texturizer for your favorite meat analog. It also contributes to a silkier mouthfeel and meatiness of the flavor. The yeast extract Savor-Lyfe® BEC  adds beefy roasted notes from an animal-free origin, making the patty more flavorful.
Plant-based Cheddar Style Sauce
Our new Savor-Lyfe® CC contributes to the taste foundation of cheese analogs and other cheese flavored preparations with mild and creamy flavor notes. Enjoy this vegan and natural cheddar flavor sauce with snacks, vegetables and any other plant-based food.
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