Kemin Industries, an ingredient manufacturer, recently launched a new digital “Virtual Shelf” tool on its website. This tool is designed to help customers explore real-life applications and see how the Kemin portfolio of solutions can help keep a variety of snacks, baked goods, and meats fresher for longer. Users can also access additional resources including product technical sheets, case studies, videos, and more.

“Our Virtual Shelf is a fun and engaging way to explore a virtual grocery store and find solutions to a variety of challenges faced during formulation including product shelf life, textural concerns, yield improvement, and more, helping to maintain the quality and appeal of a wide range of food products,” says Courtney Schwartz, marketing director, Kemin Food Technologies – North America. “From proteins to indulgent baked goods, Kemin offers a portfolio of ingredient solutions to help manufacturers formulate high-quality foods that have great consumer appeal, taste, texture, yield, and shelf life. This resource showcases a variety of applications and the various high-performing value-added ingredients, technical expertise, and market knowledge Kemin offers to help manufacturers reduce waste, improve margins, and support brand integrity to win over today’s consumers.”

Kemin can help improve a wide range of retail products by maintaining fresh taste, texture, and appearance while also keeping foods safe from microbial growth to extend shelf life, the company says. This virtual experience helps users discover how the Kemin portfolio of clean label ingredient solutions can aim to overcome their most prevalent challenges, including:

• Improving texture
• Maintaining color and flavor
• Enhancing food safety and delaying microbial growth to extend shelf life
• Improving yield and enhancing quality 
• Optimizing formulas and reducing input costs

Kemin offers solutions for a wide range of applications—including battered, breaded and fried foods, tortillas, snack foods, and more. The Virtual Shelf highlights what’s in store for these products and showcases opportunities presented by the Kemin portfolio.

Click here to explore the Virtual Shelf tool.

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