Chocolate and confectionery
Permissible indulgence with better-for-you options
Milk powders have unique properties and advantages to create high-quality and delicious treats. Valio’s technology know-how and sustainably produced Finnish dairy ingredients allow chocolate and confectionery producers to innovate products with authentic sensory experiences and better nutritional values. Manufacturers can offer treats that not only taste delicious but also provide added nutritional benefits, less sugar, more protein, low or no lactose for digestive wellness, making them more appealing to health-conscious consumers.
Sugar reduction
Sugar reduction in chocolate and confectionery
Less sugar, clean label, and natural – that is what consumers are looking for. With milk-based protein, confectionery manufacturers can reduce sugar levels naturally without compromising important product qualities such as taste and texture.
Valio Bettersweet™ – service solution that enables natural sugar reduction
Valio BettersweetTM is a research and development service meant to help manufacturers around the world to innovate excellent indulgence products that meet the needs of today’s customers. Our service includes application and recipe development support, market insights, and regulatory support.
Application areas: Milk chocolate, White chocolate, Toffee, Fillings and Spreads, Cocoa drink powder, Caramel sauce
Digestive wellness
Lactose free chocolate and confectionery
Consumers are seeking digestive comfort and making food choices accordingly. Globally, millions suffer from a variety of gastrointestinal symptoms such as lactose intolerance and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The trend of gut-friendly food products also applies to confectionery and chocolates.
Delicious free from lactose chocolate products with a rich and milky, slightly toffee-like taste
Digestive wellness is provided by significant reduction in the lactose level. The taste remains natural and fresh thanks to technology developed by Valio for lactose free production method with filtration and unchanged milk mineral composition.
With Valio Eila® lactose free powders you can:
- Offer digestive wellness, no lactose / low lactose, for lactose sensitive consumers.
- Significant reduction in the lactose level, possibility for the Lactose free package claim*.
- Processability easier than in lactose hydrolyzed milk powders.
- Natural milky taste
Application areas: Traditional milk chocolate, White chocolate, Caramels, Fillings and Spreads, Cocoa drink powder.
Clean label
Clean label and naturalness in chocolate and confectionery
The drive towards clean label products with recognisable ingredient lists has have been the food and beverage industry megatrend. Consumers are demanding transparency about the ingredients, as well as the origins and methods of production.
Valio specialty milk powders for natural and sustainable product formulations
With Valio Eila® powders you can obtain cleaner label and enhance natural image with less ingredients.We offer solutions to reformulate products by replacing E code ingredients and maintain an authentic sensory sensation.
Consumers expectations for clean label products:
- No artificial flavours, preservatives, additives
- Minimally processed, non-GMO
- Short and familiar ingredient list, real and nutritious
- Transparency in supply chain
- Sustainably sourced, origin of ingredients
Applications for chocolate and confectionery
Valio is your trusted partner for manufacturing reduced or no added sugar products, developing low or no lactose chocolate and confectionery products. We offer clean label solutions to reformulate products by replacing E code ingredients and maintain an authentic sensory sensation.
Products
Valio Eila® PRO lactose free milk powders
Higher protein level, fresh milky taste. Easy to increase protein level with good tasting, high quality milk proteins
Valio Eila® Sweet lactose free milk powder
Regular protein and carbohydrate level, sweet milky taste Sweeter taste without increasing energy level
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