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Sports & Active Nutrition

Identifying new opportunities in the fast-growing sports & active nutrition category

Formulating for Success in Sports & Active Nutrition 

Sports nutrition is now more inclusive, it is no longer just for performance-orientated consumers. We listen to consumer and manufacturers needs and today, health-conscious consumers with active lifestyles are also seeking quality active nutrition products in mainstream food and beverage categories, for everyday consumption.

With the sports and active nutrition market expanding, consumers are no longer focusing on quality alone.

High protein, Plant-based, Fibre-fortified, Clean tasting and sustainably sourced ingredients, Advanced taste, texture, and mouthfeel are all claims consumers are looking for when selecting their preferred sports and active nutrition beverages., Our team of experts are here to support you to meet the needs of consumers and to present an enhanced consumption experience for your consumers.

Discover how we can help you formulate sports & active nutrition products that offer the ideal nutritional appeal, functionality, texture, and taste to deliver satisfaction and consumer appeal. Take advantage of Ingredion’s expert assistance, broad portfolio of speciality ingredients and clean-label solutions.

How can we help you overcome your formulation challenges?

Meet the key trends in sports & active nutrition successfully and formulate products that offer the ideal taste, texture, nutritional appeal and functionality. 

Protein enrichment

Provide an improved drinking experience with our sustainably sourced, cleaner-tasting pea protein isolates and proprietary de-flavouring technology.

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Naturally sourced sweetness

Replace sugar and sweeten your beverage with our natural, non-caloric sweeteners to support the wellness and sustainable lifestyle choices of your consumers.

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Taste optimisation

Enhance sweetness quality and boost desirable flavour attributes while masking off-notes to provide optimal taste solutions.

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Ingredient stabilisation

Successfully incorporate problematic liquid ingredients and slow the sedimentation of your powdered RTM products and provide stable high oil load emulsions in RTD beverages, with the choice of clean label options.

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Improved visual appeal

Improve product appearance and enhance the consumption experience through product stabilisation. 

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Fibre fortification

With our easily dissolved, clean-tasting fibre you can enrich your beverages while ensuring the ideal nutritional profile of your products, meeting consumer trends for support in gut health.

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Report: Meeting consumer demands in sports & active nutrition

Sports & active nutrition is showing year-on-year growth and is expected to reach €35 million by 2025 in EMEA.

Meet the growing opportunity in sports & active nutrition by partnering with Ingredion. Explore how to formulate products that offer the ideal taste, texture, nutritional appeal, and functionality that consumers demand.

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Taste Sweet Liberation

Are you feeling the pressure to reduce sugar content but don’t know where to start? Are you worried about the impact on taste, texture, affordability and clean label? Ingredion can help you break free.

With our formulation capabilities and broad ingredient portfolio, you can develop great tasting products that are low in sugar and high in consumer appeal. Freedom from sugar never tasted so good.

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Explore our stevia sweeteners with PureCircle™ by Ingredion

Meet growing demand for great-tasting, low sugar and calorie-reduced products with stevia sweeteners from PureCircle™ by Ingredion.

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VITESSENCE® Pulse proteins

Create plant-protein enhanced food without the plant flavour, bitter taste or uncontrolled microbial levels inherent in dry-milled pulse products.

VITESSENCE® Prista pulse protein concentrates attributes

A revolutionary line of ultra-performance pulse concentrates for pristine taste and functionality

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VITESSENCE® Prista pulse protein - Sports Beverages application

Improve taste and palatability. With a milder flavour profile and low microbial levels, VITESSENCE® Prista is perfect for RTE/RTD products.

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Ready to taste the possibilities?

Experience the amazing results of our holistic solutions for sports & active nutrition formulations with our exclusive tasting kits. 

Each kit contains delicious, no-added-sugar RTM/RTD beverages.

All you have to do is request one and enjoy!

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Whats in our portfolio?

If you're ready to learn more about our Sports & Active Nutrition product portfolio, click here!

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Contact our experts

Have a sports & active nutrition-related problem you're not sure how to solve?  From formulation tips to scale-up advice, our team of specialised experts are available and ready for consultation. 

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