Soluciones Flexibles de sal y azúcar están cambiando el juego para obtener alimentos deliciosos y nutritivos

We all know dieting and eating healthy means kissing our favorite sweets and salty treats goodbye…right? No exactamente.

For decades, we’ve heard that “diet” or “light” products aren’t as delicious as the real thing. And sugar replacements like aspartame or stevia can produce an aftertaste that’s detectable and even off-putting to some.

But there’s big innovation on the horizon, and Griffith Foods is at the forefront of making healthier ingredients taste as good as consumers expect.

¿Por qué azúcar y sal?

Claro, el azúcar y la sal son deliciosos para el paladar humano. Pero se ha demostrado que consumir altas cantidades de sodio proveniente de la sal contribuye a riesgos para la salud cardiovascular, como el aumento de la presión arterial, mientras que el consumo excesivo de azúcar puede provocar un consumo excesivo de calorías y aumento de peso, así como un mayor riesgo de caries. Guiados por nuestro Propósito, nos impulsa a nutrir al mundo y ayudar a nuestros clientes a crear productos que sean mejores para ti y para el planeta.

At Griffith Foods, we’ve developed a toolkit of innovative solutions that reduce or replace sugar and salt with natural solutions — often delighting taste buds even more than the foods they mimic. That’s because these flavors are highly flexible, lending well to the development of healthier alternatives with undetectable changes in taste. In fact, research suggests that reducing sodium by just 10% is imperceptible to the human tongue.

Soluciones flexibles de azúcar y sal

Nuestros kits de herramientas ofrecen recursos tangibles para que los procesadores ajusten los niveles de ingredientes, reemplacen la sal y el azúcar con opciones naturales y experimenten con diferentes métodos de mezcla. Esto puede incluir sustituir la sal por cloruro de potasio, lo que reduce la ingesta de sodio sin sacrificar el sabor salado. En el mejor de los casos, simplemente ajustar la combinación de hierbas y especias en un producto puede reducir el sodio hasta en un 30 % sin sacrificar el sabor.

Como alternativa, se puede sustituir el azúcar por ingredientes naturales como agave, jarabes de frutas o azúcares de árboles. También se pueden usar proteínas dulces, que son químicamente diferentes del azúcar y se encuentran en diversas plantas, lo que permite etiquetas más claras y añade profundidad a las nuevas creaciones dulces y saladas.

“The beauty and strength of the toolkits is you can serve many customers based on their preferences,” says Johan Boot, VP, Research and Development for Griffith Foods Europe & Africa.

Changing perceptions about “diet,” “light,” or “sugar/salt-free” foods may also be a matter of modifying marketing vocabulary and packaging. With preconceived notions that these foods lack taste, consumers will never be willing to try alternatives that are actually delicious.

“I believe we should be creative, while staying transparent. It also depends on what part of society you aim at.”

Johan Boot, vicepresidente de Investigación y Desarrollo de Griffith Foods Europa y África

That’s because taste buds do vary across the globe, and some cultures are more willing to try alternatives than others. While experimentation and changes in flavor are generally accepted in Europe, some countries like the U.S. and Canada aren’t predisposed to prefer subtle, natural flavors. Around the world, flavor affinities are passed down from generation to generation over hundreds of years, making it more difficult to introduce new tastes. However, as consumers become more health conscious and accept new flavors for the greater goal of eating nutritious food, the demand for more nutritious ingredients will continue to rise.

Finding a balanced solution doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Flexible salt and sugar solutions make ingredient modification possible, while innovative processes introduce flavor profiles that help bridge the gap between taste and nutrition. With research and development that’s targeted around solving our partners’ unique challenges, we can find creative salt and sugar solutions that responsibly nourish the world.