Diana food™ chickpea and aquafaba ingredients
diana food™ chickpea flakes and aquafaba flakes provide plant-based, clean-label alternatives to egg and animal protein in food formulation — pre-cooked for extended shelf life and easy integration into manufacturing.
Overview
Aquafaba (chickpea cooking water) has emerged as a functional egg replacement in plant-based food manufacturing — it foams, emulsifies, and binds similarly to egg whites. Symrise's diana food division produces both aquafaba flakes (for egg yolk and egg white replacement) and chickpea flakes (as a vegan protein ingredient for falafels, hummus, and other applications). Both are pre-cooked and dried into shelf-stable flake format for easy reconstitution in manufacturing.
Technical specifications
- Products: chickpea flakes, aquafaba flakes
- Aquafaba function: foaming, emulsification, binding — egg replacement in plant-based formulations
- Chickpea function: vegan protein source for savory applications
- Processing: pre-cooked and dried into shelf-stable flakes
- Label: clean-label, plant-based ingredient declarations
- Applications: plant-based bakery, vegan mayonnaise, meringues, falafels, hummus, snacks
Technology readiness level
TRL 9 — commercially available plant-based ingredients.
About Symrise
Symrise creates fragrance, flavor, natural nutrition and cosmetic ingredient solutions. The company operates through two segments, Taste, Nutrition & Health and Scent & Care, with activities spanning research & development, purchasing, production and sales, enabling customer-oriented and pragmatic delivery. In Scent & Care, its perfumers compose aromatic ingredients into fragrances, with perfume oils used in perfumes, personal care and household products; the segment also offers mint flavors for oral care and produces cosmetic ingredients used in areas such as multifunctional cosmetics and sun protection. In Taste, Nutrition & Health, it produces flavor and functional components for food and beverages, including solutions for baby and pet food, and supports health-related positioning with ingredients such as probiotics.
Symrise works with manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, plus pharmaceutical-industry and nutritional supplement and pet-food producers. This matters because the ingredients and product solutions form part of everyday consumer products—helping customers meet demand for responsibly sourced inputs and natural options while supporting product development with market-ready concepts delivered across a global network.
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