Saving more with egg replacers

Arla Foods Ingredients, a leading company in value-added whey solutions, offers bakery companies an online calculator to help them compute the amount they can save if they used egg replacers in cake recipes.

The calculator available at https://bit.ly/2rNnjBS has been launched as the egg market continues to show volatility.

 Arla says its Nutrilac® proteins can replace up to 50% of the eggs in a cake recipe (Photo: Arla)

The egg production industry is weathering volatile pricing, while other incidences have impacted market conditions. In 2017 and 2018, scares in the US and Europe involving Salmonella and the pesticide Fipronil caused big fluctuations in supply levels and prices. Outbreaks of avian flu in Mexico, America and Asia between 2013 and 2016 have also taken their toll, creating a highly uncertain environment for cake manufacturers in particular. In 2019, EU could place import levies on egg powder, which would most likely exacerbate the situation for bakers.

Arla, which supplies Nutrilac® whey protein egg replacers, calculates that it substituted some 300 million eggs in 2017 and expects to record higher levels of demand through 2018.  Nutrilac® proteins can replace up to 50% of the eggs in a cake recipe. These are a natural, safe and highly functional solution in the face of ongoing egg market volatility. Bakery companies can be assured of supply and stable pricing, and deliver greater control over raw material costs, asserts Arla.

As to cake quality, Nutrilac® egg replacers have been demonstrated to improve cakes by keeping them moist and fresh for longer throughout their shelf life and creating a crumb that is less fragile and more resilient (springy). There are also potential processing benefits, including increased stability and reduced waste.

Aparecido Silveira, Industry Marketing Manager for Bakery at Arla Foods Ingredients, said: “The benefits of Nutrilac® whey protein egg replacers mean that bakers don’t need to put all their eggs in one basket. They can better protect themselves against the unpredictability of the global egg market and, in doing so, harness the application and quality gains that our proteins deliver.”

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