Ingredients & Solutions
Dairy
Ingredients and expertise for better dairy products.
Dairy development requires a careful balance of taste, texture, stability, nutrition, processing performance, and commercial viability.
Finan supports dairy manufacturers with ingredient technologies, formulation expertise, application trials, troubleshooting, and regional supply. We work with customer teams to develop new products, improve existing formulations, and resolve technical challenges across a wide range of dairy applications.
Applications we support
Our portfolio and expertise can support applications including:
- Processed and analogue cheese
- Fermented dairy products
- Yogurt and drinking yogurt
- Dairy beverages
- Cream and cream alternatives
- Dairy desserts
- Labneh and spreadable products
- Milk-based nutritional products
- Flavored and fortified dairy products
What we help you achieve
Texture and Mouthfeel
Build the desired body, creaminess, firmness, spreadability, or viscosity through suitable proteins, hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, starches, and integrated systems.
Stability and Consistency
Support stable performance throughout processing and storage by managing water, fat, protein, acidity, and ingredient interaction within the complete formulation.
Flavor and Sensory Quality
Develop profiles suited to the product and target market through flavors, cultures, fruit preparations, cocoa, seasonings, and sweetness solutions.
Nutrition and Fortification
Explore protein enrichment, fiber addition, vitamin fortification, or other nutritional objectives while considering their effect on taste, texture, and processing.
Product Protection
Evaluate cultures, antimicrobials, antioxidants, and other technologies according to the application, process, and intended product requirements.
Formulation Economics
Consider dosage, yield, performance, consistency, and cost-in-use when evaluating ingredient and formulation options.
Key ingredients and solutions
Acids
Antifoamers and defoamers
Antimicrobials
Antioxidants
Cocoa products
Colorants
Emulsifiers
Emulsifying salts
Enzymes
Fibers
Flavors
Food systems
Fruit preparations
Hydrocolloids
Milk derivatives
Modified starches
Proteins
Seasonings
Spice mixes and herbs
Starter cultures
Sweeteners
Portfolio availability may vary by market and application.
From formulation to production
Our dairy specialists can support customers through ingredient selection, formulation, laboratory trials, comparative testing, troubleshooting, and scale-up.
Where appropriate, projects can be developed collaboratively in Finan’s application laboratories or supported at the customer’s production facility.