Fermented plant-based products boost a new wave of national health - Chuangyuan Biotechnology's IOBPRO® probiotic segmented solid-state fermented postbiotic powder product series.

With consumers increasingly focused on health, sustainability, and functionality, plant-based innovations in food, beverages, and ingredients continue to thrive. Plant-based nutrition has become a major trend and is showing signs of significant growth. In 2022,Innova Market Insights listed 'Plant-Based' as one of the top ten trends ('Plant-Based: The Canvas for Innovation').As the variety of plant-based products continues to increase, the industry is developing rapidly, domestic consumption levels are upgrading, and consumer attitudes are changing. Global food consumption is showing trends towards health, functionality, and safety, with plant-based gradually becoming a new wave in the global food industry. The growth rate of the plant-based food market is far greater than the overall growth rate of the food market. Meanwhile, in the post-pandemic era, many industries both domestically and internationally have suffered varying degrees of loss, but the market for plant-based products is still expanding, with a promising outlook.

The concept of 'plant-based' is a capital chase hotspot, rapidly expanding while also facing fierce competition. How to keep products at the forefront of innovation and win the market has become key.

Looking at the trends in the plant-based market from major market research companies, food industry giants are betting more on 'plant-based', while fermented plant-based products, which are more innovative, may become the 'seed players' in the new wave of health trends.

What is fermented plant-based?

Fermented plant-based refers to food raw materials and medicinal food materials that become favorable for consumption or preservation due to microbial activity under certain environmental conditions. Under the action of enzymes secreted by beneficial microorganisms, the molecular structure, spatial conformation, and physicochemical properties of endogenous components such as proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids in plant-based materials change, forming unique aromas and flavors, improving storage stability, and generating nutritional functionality of fermented plant-based products.

As people's living standards and health awareness improve, the demand for the nutritional functionality of food is increasing. Therefore, studying the interactions of microorganisms and the changes in components during the fermentation of plant-based materials is of great significance for enriching nutritional functional factors, enhancing edible value, and promoting health.

IOBPRO® Probiotic Segmented Solid-State Fermented Postbiotics Powder

Can endow products with new concepts and demands for plant (food-based/medicinal food) fermentation, and is a key product crafted by Chuangyuan Biotechnology. This product series selects high-quality medicinal food materials and plant-based raw materials from their origin, applying various internationally advanced probiotic segmented solid-state fermentation technologies according to the characteristics of different plant bases. It uses excellent probiotics that are more suitable for the Chinese constitution, isolated from natural environments such as healthy human intestines and traditional Chinese fermented foods, and integrates them into food-based fermentation substrates at different times according to strain characteristics, simulating the solid-state fermentation process of intestinal flora. The final product is a new composite micro-ecological preparation containing probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics. It can be used in beverages, candies, bread, functional foods, gel jellies, and other healthy leisure foods, helping food enterprises to embark on a new track of healthy plant-based products.With the strengthening of health awareness among the Chinese people, dietary health behaviors have shifted from traditional intake control to nutritional supplementation based on functional needs. At the same time, benefiting from the philosophy of respecting nature and the health values of sustainable development, the pursuit of trendy, convenient, diverse, and functional dietary health products has become the 'new healthism' of contemporary people.

Based on medicinal food materials,

selecting one or several from over 100 raw materials listed in the 'Medicinal Food Directory' published by the National Health Commission, such as bitter buckwheat, mulberry leaves, and turmeric, various postbiotic powders have been developed and pilot-tested using internationally advanced solid-state fermentation technology, which largely ensures the activity factors and fermentation flavors of the original plant-based materials. At the same time, in response to different consumer needs and application scenarios, Chuangyuan Biotechnology continues to develop postbiotic raw materials based on different fermentation substrates such as soybeans, lentils, bitter buckwheat, oats, and chickpeas.

used in large enterprises such as Mengniu, Biyuan, Feihe, and Xiu Zheng.Can endow products with new concepts and demands for plant (food-based/medicinal food) fermentation, and is a key product crafted by Chuangyuan Biotechnology. This product series selects high-quality medicinal food materials and plant-based raw materials from their origin, applying various internationally advanced probiotic segmented solid-state fermentation technologies according to the characteristics of different plant bases. It uses excellent probiotics that are more suitable for the Chinese constitution, isolated from natural environments such as healthy human intestines and traditional Chinese fermented foods, and integrates them into food-based fermentation substrates at different times according to strain characteristics, simulating the solid-state fermentation process of intestinal flora. The final product is a new composite micro-ecological preparation containing probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics. It can be used in beverages, candies, bread, functional foods, gel jellies, and other healthy leisure foods, helping food enterprises to embark on a new track of healthy plant-based products.Selection of specific fermentation strainsStrains are an important premise and core of fermented plant-based products. IOBPRO® Probiotic Segmented Solid-State Fermented Postbiotics Powder has achieved a breakthrough in food-grade probiotics and postbiotics solid-state fermentation equipment through the self-developed solid-state fermentation sterile culture technology platform system. This system simulates the fermentation process of healthy human intestinal flora, based on preliminary research on Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus coagulans, Lactobacillus, and Bifidobacterium.Probiotics

can work synergistically. By scientifically combining several synergistic strains and establishing strict SOPs, they are introduced into solid fermentation materials under different times and conditions, achieving high-density solid industrial standardized fermentation of multiple probiotics in segments. The fermented products, along with the fermentation raw materials, are directly subjected to low-temperature drying, ultimately obtaining products with high physiological activity, good stability and functionality, and uniform content between batches. At the same time, the activity of fermented plant components is enhanced, the effective extraction rate of active components is improved, unpleasant flavors of plants are reduced, and new active components are generated.

Chuangyuan Biotechnology selects specific probiotic strains for fermentation, which can effectively enhance the enrichment of active functional substances, the release of flavor substances, and the synergistic effect of co-use, helping to reduce the application costs of plant-based functional products. Currently, more than 30 micro-ecological products containing probiotics and postbiotics have been developed and launched to meet the needs of different populations.Advantages of solid-state fermentation technologySolid-state fermentation involves drying the fermented raw materials into finished products, allowing for direct fermentation to enrich and extract active components. It breaks through the barriers of cell walls, reducing large molecular plant active components into small molecules, producing more postbiotics and probiotic metabolites, such as organic acids, B vitamins, and extracellular polysaccharides. It enriches various probiotics and postbiotics in the finished product, resulting in high biological activity, good stability and functionality, and ease of storage and transportation, creating products with a longer shelf life.

IOBPRO® Probiotic Segmented Solid-State Fermented Postbiotics Powder categories, demands, and advantages

Demands and advantages

0 fat, 0 sucrose added and other fermented plant-based raw materials

No preservatives, food flavorings, etc. are added during the production process

Empowering products with plant-based demands, assisting in product innovation and upgrading.

0脂肪、0蔗糖添加等发酵植物基原料

生产过程中不添加防腐剂、食用香精等

赋能产品植物基诉求，助力产品创新升级

Various probiotics in solid-state fermentation can produce more metabolites (postbiotics), such as short-chain fatty acids, organic acids, enzymes, vitamins, polysaccharides, and flavor substances.

Flavor enhancement

Traditionally, plant-based foods that are also medicinal are often perceived as unappetizing or associated with taking medicine. However, after segmental solid-state fermentation improves flavor and texture, this perception of being unpalatable is broken, and traditional notions are challenged, allowing people to move away from the habitual thinking of taking medicine.

Product categories

Application fields

It can be widely applied in various food forms, such as juices, beverages, milk powder, cereals, biscuits, bread, cakes, etc., providing new ideas for upgrading traditional foods tohealth foodsAt the same time, it is also suitable for pet food. IOBPRO® probiotics postbiotic powder, after segmental solid-state fermentation, has a longer and more stable shelf life, unaffected by factors such as gastric acid and bile salts.