Ready meals

Reinvent ready meals to achieve the sensory experience and labels consumers love

Serve up something fresh and new in entrees and sides

Consumers are looking for easy-to-prepare, chef-inspired, refrigerated, frozen and shelf-stable foods. It can be challenging for formulators deliver on these needs, all the while protecting their bandwidth and budget. By leveraging ingredient solutions from Ingredion, formulators can now answer the demands of consumers and ensure they are delivering on their own internal demands.

Leverage the in-demand ingredient solutions we have to offer for ready meals to:

  • Deliver indulgent textures
  • Achieve ideal freeze/thaw stability
  • Improve shelf life stability
  • Reduce fat and calories
  • Clean up your label

Featured ingredients

NOVATION PRIMA® 600 - 34121A00

NOVATION PRIMA® 600 functional native starch is characterized by very good freeze/thaw stability and tolerance to low temperature storage conditions making it particularly well suited for frozen and refrigerated food products. NOVATION PRIMA® 600 functional native starch is recommended for low to moderate temperature and shear food processing at a neutral pH. NOVATION® functional native starches are made by a revolutionary processing technology which results in native starches having functional properties similar to modified starches while meeting the labeling criteria for a native starch. This product is produced under Ingredion Incorporated’s TRUETRACE® Identity Preserved Program for non -GM products .

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VITESSENCE™ Pulse 1550 Protein - 37403E00

VITESSENCE™​ Pulse 1550 Protein is a pea protein which is the mechanically milled and processed portion of the dehulled split yellow pea cotyledons of sound, healthy, dry and clean peas (Pisum sativum) .

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EVANESSE™ CB 6194 emulsifier- 37606H00

Support in-demand package claims while delivering the taste and texture consumers expect “Natural.” “All natural.” “No additives.” “No artificial ingredients.” The appeal of clean label foods and beverages is as strong as ever with consumers. And now you can help your products deliver on these important claims — and stand out in the marketplace — with EVANESSE™ CB6194 clean label emulsifier. Sourced from chickpeas, it delivers the functionality of a traditional emulsifier with the appeal of a single, recognized ingredient. Providing great taste and texture along with consumer-friendly labels, EVANESSE™ CB6194 clean label emulsifier enhances the appeal of your dressings, mayonnaises, cooking sauces and ready meals. Mix functionality with consumer appeal Ingredion research confirms that consumers prefer recognizable ingredients such as chickpeas over artificial ingredients — and in fact, half of North American consumers are even willing to switch brands for a cleaner label.1 With EVANESSE™ CB6194 clean label emulsifier, you can enable “vegan” and “vegetarian” claims, while adding the nutrition appeal of chickpeas, which consumers see as a better source of protein than other pulse-based proteins.2 Chickpeas are also non-GMO, gluten-free and hypoallergenic, adding to their healthy, sustainable and animal-friendly consumer appeal.3 Maintain performance and eating experience EVANESSE™ CB6194 clean label emulsifier is easy to disperse, emulsify and provides good shelf-life stability. This enables you to maintain visual appeal when replacing eggs, OSA modified starches and other artificial emulsifiers in a wide range of food applications, including: Low- and high-fat vegan, spreadable, spoonable and pourable dressings (mayonnaise, aioli, etc.) White cooking sauces (e.g., Alfredo, Béarnaise, bechamel, etc.) Ready meals You can also achieve excellent extended shelf-life stability by pairing EVANESSE™ CB6194 clean label emulsifier with native functional starches, like NOVATION® starches.   1Ingredion proprietary clean label research, 2017 2Ingredion Proprietary Research Performed by Qual Quant Signals, February 2019 3PBFA, 2017

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