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INNVESTIO, The Ingredient Architect

NOVATHREPSIS Conventional Ingredients

 We help Food & Beverage, Cosmetics, Pharmaceuticals, Agricultural Production, HORECA, Laboratories and Packaging businesses make better decisions. 


Sugar Substitution


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OHLY Honey Powder 

Honey delivers a distinctive sweetness and premium flavor profile, but its liquid form can create handling, dosing, and processing challenges in dry applications. Honey Powder provides the authentic taste and aroma of real honey in a free-flowing, easy-to-use format, enabling manufacturers to incorporate honey flavor while simplifying formulation and production processes.

Applications

• Bakery & Baked Goods
• Seasonings & Dry Mixes
• Protein Products
• Desserts
• Confectionery
• Functional & Nutritional Products

Key Benefits

✓ Made with real honey
✓ Sweet honey flavor with mild caramel and dried fruit notes
✓ Convenient alternative to liquid honey
✓ Free-flowing spray-dried powder format
✓ Easy incorporation into dry blends and powdered formulations
✓ Consistent flavor distribution
✓ Allergen-free, Kosher Parve and Halal certified


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Apple & Grape Concentrated Juices  

As consumers increasingly seek products with recognizable ingredients and reduced reliance on refined sugar, manufacturers are turning to fruit-based sweetening solutions. Apple Juice Concentrate and Grape Juice Concentrate provide natural sweetness while contributing flavor, color, and label-friendly appeal, helping create products with a more natural positioning across multiple food and beverage applications.

Applications

• Beverages
• Dairy Products
• Bakery
• Confectionery
• Fruit Preparations
• Cereals & Snack Bars
• Sauces & Dressings

Key Benefits

✓ Natural sweetness from fruit-derived ingredients
✓ Supports sugar replacement strategies
✓ Clean label positioning
✓ Contributes flavor and color
✓ Consumer-friendly ingredient declaration
✓ Suitable for a wide range of food and beverage applications


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Polyols

 Reducing sugar often impacts not only sweetness but also texture, bulk, and overall sensory performance. Polyols such as Maltitol, Sorbitol, and Erythritol help manufacturers develop reduced-sugar and sugar-free products while maintaining the taste, mouthfeel, and functionality consumers expect. These versatile sweetening solutions are widely used across a variety of food and beverage applications. 

Applications

• Sugar-Free Confectionery
• Chocolate & Coatings
• Bakery Products
• Chewing Gum
• Dairy Products
• Nutritional & Functional Foods
• Protein Bars
• Reduced-Sugar Beverages

Key Benefits

✓ Supports sugar reduction and sugar-free formulations
✓ Maintains sweetness and mouthfeel
✓ Helps replace the bulk provided by sugar
✓ Contributes to texture and product stability
✓ Suitable for a wide range of applications
✓ Enables reduced-calorie product development
✓ Excellent processing performance
✓ Ideal for modern sugar-reduction strategies


Salt Reduction


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OHLY Yeast Extracts

Reducing sodium remains one of the biggest challenges in food formulation, as salt contributes not only to saltiness but also to overall flavor perception and balance. Selected yeast extract solutions help manufacturers reduce sodium while maintaining savory character, enhancing umami, and improving overall taste performance across a wide range of applications.

Applications

• Soups & Broths
• Sauces & Dressings
• Snack Seasonings
• Meat & Meat Alternatives
• Ready Meals
• Savory Products

Key Benefits

 ✓ Supports sodium reduction strategies
✓ Enhances salt perception
✓ Delivers natural umami and savory notes
✓ Improves overall flavor impact
✓ Balances taste and masks undesirable notes
✓ Natural, vegan and non-GMO solutions  


Protein Enrichment - Plant based Protein


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THORMI Texturized Pea Protein
(organic upon request)
 

As demand for high-protein and plant-based products continues to grow, manufacturers face the challenge of delivering nutritional value while maintaining texture, taste, and overall eating experience. THORMI® plant proteins, including TVP and HME pea protein solutions, help create protein-enriched products with excellent functionality, meat-like texture, and broad formulation flexibility. Organic grades are also available upon request.

Applications

• Plant-Based Meat Alternatives
• Hybrid Meat Products
• Burgers & Patties
• Ready Meals
• Functional Foods
• High-Protein Formulations
• Snack Bars
• Cereals

Key Benefits

✓ High protein content
✓ Excellent texture and bite
✓ Neutral flavour profile with no pea off-notes
✓ Supports protein enrichment strategies
✓ Suitable for plant-based and hybrid applications
✓ Gluten-free and allergen-free options
✓ Organic grades available upon request
✓ Versatile across multiple food applications


Recipe Differentiation


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Flavors and Aromas

Today's consumers are looking for unique and memorable taste experiences that go beyond traditional flavour profiles. Innvestio helps manufacturers create differentiated food and beverage concepts through a wide range of flavour and aroma solutions, enabling the development of products with distinctive sensory characteristics, stronger consumer appeal, and clear market differentiation.

Featured Flavour and Aromas Categories
• Citrus Flavours (Lemon, Lime, Yuzu, Calamansi)
• Fruit Flavours (Mango, Passion Fruit, Pineapple, Berry, Apple, Grape)
• Dairy & Cream Flavours
• Coffee & Chocolate Flavours
• Tea & Matcha Flavours
• Herbs & Spices
• Savoury & Culinary Flavours
• Ethnic & Specialty Flavours

Applications

  • Bakery & Confectionery
  • Dairy
  • Beverages
  • Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts
  • Chocolate & Cocoa Products
  • Snacks & Cereals
  • Sauces & Dressings
  • Nutritional & Functional Products

Key Benefits

  • Enhanced flavour intensity
  • Consistent taste
  • Natural & authentic profiles
  • Flavour masking
  • Improved sensory experience
  • Formulation flexibility
  • Customised flavour solutions
  • Supports reformulation

Taste Enhancement


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Natural & Alkalized Cocoa 10–12%

 Our Natural and Alkalized Cocoa Powders (10–12% fat) enhance the taste, aroma and depth of cocoa-based products. Natural cocoa delivers a more pronounced and characteristic cocoa profile, while alkalized cocoa offers a smoother, rounder and richer taste, allowing manufacturers to achieve the desired sensory experience. 

 

Applications

  • Bakery & Confectionery
  • Chocolate & Cocoa Products
  • Dairy & Plant-Based Products
  • Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts
  • Beverages
  • Cereals & Snack Products
  • Creams & Spreads

 

Key Benefits

  • Enhanced cocoa taste
  • Richer and deeper flavour
  • Improved flavour balance
  • Smooth and rounded taste
  • Distinctive cocoa aroma
  • Greater sensory appeal
  • Versatile flavour profiles

 

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Fruit Purées

 Our Fruit Purées bring the authentic character of ripe fruit into food and beverage formulations, adding freshness, natural sweetness and vibrant fruit notes. They are an ideal solution for creating products with a more pronounced and enjoyable fruit experience. 

 

Applications

  • Beverages
  • Dairy & Plant-Based Products
  • Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts
  • Bakery & Confectionery
  • Jams & Fruit Preparations
  • Fillings & Sauces
  • Smoothies & Functional Beverages

 

 

Key Benefits

  • Authentic fruit character
  • Fresh and vibrant taste
  • Natural sweetness
  • Pronounced fruit notes
  • Appealing aroma
  • Versatile application
  • Enhanced sensory experience

 

 

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About Us

INNVESTIO Group

THE WIDER GROUP

The Industrial Architect

INNVESTIO is a multi-entity industrial group, headquartered here in the Netherlands, run on one method: understand, validate, decide, improve.

25+

years architecting production routes

Innvestio B.V. is Group HQ — and legal parent to our Bulgaria and Türkiye entities.

INNVESTIO Group operates two diverse businesses: Printing & Packaging (PPDS) and Food Safety & Ingredients (FIAS).

 

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Food Safety & Ingredients 

 This site covers INNVESTIO's Food Safety & Ingredients (FIAS) business: natural, clean-label and conventional ingredients, and food safety testing, diagnostics and laboratory verification. 

 Natural & clean-label ingredients: Agave, Matcha, THORMI, OHLY. Conventional ingredients: grape and apple juice concentrate, honey and molasses powder. Food safety solutions: Romer Labs, Gold Standard Diagnostics, Dutrion, PRO-TECT. Laboratory verification: DRRR. 

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