Proteins\ Marché - N°65 protéines disruptives proteins Speaking to Actif’s magazine, Parabel’ s Vice President of Marketing, Cecilia Wittbjer, talks about Lentein Complete,® an innovative plant protein, sourced from water lentils. boulangerie. Sa couleur Actif’s Magazine: essential amino acids and verte étant très stable, Why the water lentils ? branched amino acids than il est donc facile de le Is it easy to produce ? in the whey. Its digestibility cuire et de le cuisiner. (PDCAAS) is of 0.93. 031 Cecilia Wittbjer: And Lentein Complete® Actif’s Magazine: It doubles it’s biomass every is non-GMO and free of Avez-vous déjà des day so we harvest every common food allergens clients qui l’utilisent? day. We grow it in open such as soy and gluten. hydroponic ponds and nutrify Cecilia Wittbjer: the water such that it has an Actif’s Magazine: Oui, de nombreux projets optimal nutritional profi le. It has taken many years to learn Have you developed doivent être lancés prototype products prochainement et plusieurs how to grow and process the autres ont déjà été lancés. plant into what we believe is with it ? Nos clients viennent now the most complete and du monde entier.■ sustainable food source. Cecilia Wittbjer: Yes we have made multiple Actif’s Magazine: Actif’s Magazine: beverages, snacks, pasta and What motivated you Where do its strengths baked goods. It has a very to develop a plant compared with other stable green color so it’s easy protein powder for plant proteins ? to bake and cook with it. human nutrition ? Cecilia Wittbjer: Actif’s Magazine: Cecilia Wittbjer: The water lentil is the only Do you already have We started in renewable plant protein with an amino customers who use it ? energy but we soon realized acid score above 1.0 which that the world needs more is the WHO’ s defi nition of a Cecilia Wittbjer: food to feed the 10 billion complete protein. (WHO = in 2050. And we need to World Health Organization). Yes at the moment we have produce this food using as Lentein Complete is a® many projects that are soon little water and energy as whole food ingredients due to be launched and quite possible. So we were always containing 40-50 protein a few that have launched focused on sustainability and 35 % dietary fi bres. It already. Our customers are as a company mission. contains the similar levels of from all over the world. ■ News on Functional & Health Ingredients \ N°65 \ Otctober - November - December 2018 \ ■