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2024 Convenience foods market in Asia Pacific

In the Asia Pacific region, convenience foods stands as the leading category within the savory food sector. Discover the main trends within...

Innovating amidst sugar reduction regulations in Asia

Discover how Biospringer's yeast extracts can reduce sugar by 20% in sweet soy sauce application.

Join Biospringer at FI India to taste our ingredients solutions

We are thrilled to announce our participation in FI India event, which will be held in Bangalore from September 25th to 27th, 2024.

Solution for sodium reduction in snacks without sacrificing taste.

Our experts in India have been working with a leading manufacturer to reduce sodium levels in snacks by 10% using natural yeast extract.

Less salt for a healthier life

Our Biospringer team of experts has been studying and keeping a very interesting track of today and tomorrow’s trends. One of them is salt reduction, rising worldwide. They have summarized it in a few

Smoke flavorings: towards stricter European regulations

Smoke flavors can be found in a wide variety of products, including ready-made meals, meat and fish, snacks, sauces, and certain soups. Since they were first approved, they have been increasingly used

Biospringer is getting ready to make an impact

We are pleased to announce our participation in two major events in the food industry: Gulfood Manufacturing in Dubai from November 7th to 9th, 2023 and followed by Food Ingredients Europe in Frankfur

Processed meat industry in Asia Pacific: Unveiling the market potential

The processed meat market in the Asia Pacific region is fast-growing, fueled by changing lifestyles and increasing consumer demand for convenient, ready-to-eat meat products. It presents abundant oppo

Ecovadis Gold rating for Biospringer by Lesaffre

We are delighted to share this great news with you: Biospringer by Lesaffre has just obtained its Ecovadis score and we have achieved gold certification for 2023-2024!   It is a meaningful achiev

Discover our new Biospringer’s Springer® Signature SY101

Biospringer by Lesaffre developed a new smoky-flavored, yeast-based ingredient to address a growing need in the food industry

Biospringer, an active partner in the plant-based food Flavor and Texture consortium led by NIZO food research

In 2021, Biospringer decided to join a consortium comprising research organizations and companies from across the food production chain, whose goal is to understand and resolve taste and texture issue

150 years of Biospringer

Named Springer, then Fould-Springer and finally Biospringer, the company was the first yeast factory established in France. For more than a century, Biospringer has been standing out

Webinar: Health and Wellness in Asia Pacific

Our two local experts, Bee Chen Lim Biospringer Asia Pacific Product Manager, and Kevin Lwe, Biospringer Asia Pacific Culinary Centre Manager, presented a 20-minutes webinar on salt and sugar reductio

The impact of salt reduction regulations in Asia Pacific

Consumers are seeking healthy food, and this often includes salt reduced products to limit the risks of diseases, mainly cardiovascular.

The fish and plant-based fish market in Asia Pacific

Our experts based in Singapore illustrated the key market data concerning fish, seafood, and analogues

Boost taste profile of fish, seafood, and analogues with yeast extracts

Asia has the largest seafood consumption worldwide. Let’s explore how yeast extracts can improve the taste experience of fish, seafood, and analogues.

The impact of COVID on Snacking

The spread of the coronavirus has had a strong impact on the snacking market, consumers have now new expectations regarding snacks.

Launch of an exciting new campaign #poweredbyyeast!

Yeast has been used for thousands of years to make many vital products. However, many users are still not aware of what is yeast. Discover it in our article!

Inflation outlook: cost optimization with Biospringer yeast extracts

Discover in our webinar how yeast extracts can be a perfect fit to face current inflation challenges, as it may replace and optimize food manufacturers’ current food ingredients.

Learn how your plant-based fish can beat the stream

The market of seafood alternatives is taking off. You wish to develop seafood alternatives ? Here are the keys to understanding this new market, its challenges, and how yeast-based ingredients can mak

Biospringer Asia Pacific: a regional expertise to better understand consumers’ expectations

Our main strength is to have international teams, with complementary expertise in different application segments and deep knowledge about local markets and local needs. That allows us to be as close a

Unlocking the Asian tastes with yeast extract

Consumers are seeking authentic region-specific cuisines, we explored the key local taste profiles across Asia to identify the most popular ones.

5 things to know about the instant noodles market in Asia Pacific

With more than 100 billion servings consumed annually, instant noodles’ demand is growing every year. Discover the 5 things you need to know about this market.

The flourishing market of instant noodles in Asia Pacific

With more than 100 billion servings consumed annually, instant noodles' demand is growing. Learn more about consumers expectations.

Follow a vegan cheddar recipe step by step

Discover the different steps of this innovating vegan cheddar recipe realised by Marine, our food applications specialist.

6 things you should know about cheese analogues

The global market for cheese alternative is booming ! Dicover the 6 things you should know about this growing market.

4 Steps to Find the Right Ingredient Supplier

Setting up a precise and coherent brief is an essential step to be certain to find the appropriate supplier and the correct ingredient. 

Criteria to consider when choosing the ideal yeast extract

Due to its complex characteristics, choosing the right yeast extract is an essential decision. Discover in this article what characteristics you should consider when buying yeast extract.

Why is Biospringer the best supplier for you ?

Searching for an ingredient supplier can be a difficult task, discover the six reasons why you should choose Biospringer as your supplier.

Craft the world’s most delicious and innovative alternative meats

Our experts analyze the alternative meat solutions available on the market. They also provide an exhaustive list of criterias you should check before choosing your ingredients.

White paper about salt reduction in Asia Pacific

Discover how yeast ingredients can offer natural solutions to help food formulators in Asia Pacific achieve up to 30% salt reduction while preserving the organoleptic properties

Asia Pacific – Unlocking taste with sustainable and clean-label yeast extract

Discover how yeast extract can help you to formulate regional taste in key applications such as Japanese roasted sesame salad dressing, Indian masala oats

The best protein source for your meat and cheese substitutes: yeast protein

Our experts compared the potential of several vegan proteins to formulate meat and cheese analogues to overcome new challenges.

Read our white paper about yeast ingredients for flavorful low-salt foods

Our white paper highlights how yeast ingredients can help food formulators reduce salt while preserving the organoleptic properties of their recipes.

Discover our white paper about yeast ingredients for a successful low-sugar formulation

More than half of consumers (53%) are actively choosing foods with low sugar or no sugar, while 48% are doing the same for soft drinks…

How to twist to a flavorful meat analogue?

Consumers, strongly driven by health and environmental concerns, have high expectations and strict requirements for meat alternatives.

The 3 reasons why consumers crave meat analogues

The global meat substitutes market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7.9% in the coming years. Meat analogues are seen by flexitarians...

Salt reduction: reformulation challenges in Asia Pacific

We have established a portfolio of dedicated yeast extract solutions in Asia Pacific (APAC). The objective is to help developers reduce salt in foods ranging from snacks, sauces, and seasonings, to pl

Biospringer reveals yeast extract solutions for seafood, meat and dairy analogues in Asia Pacific

“Soy, beany, green, and other off-notes are naturally present in plant-based proteins" notes Vicky Tio, Biospringer Senior Food Technologist. “These are common technical challenges faced during the d

The 360° Wheel of Taste as part of our new brand identity

For us at Biospringer, 2021 marks an exciting turning point in our history and brand story as a whole. We’ve been leading the way...

10 reasons to choose yeast protein in food formulations

Yeast protein is coming from well-knownprocess: fermentation. It is a microorganism that is naturally present in the environment

Meet Pauline Spolaore, Bioprocess Team Manager and R&D Coordinator at Biospringer

Pauline Spolaore, Bioprocess Team Manager and R&D Coordinator answered a few questions for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science

The growing trend of meat and dairy analogues

Low-meat diets are now the most popular daily diet in the world. The fastest growing lifestyle movement behind this is veganism...

The market of plant-based proteins in Asia Pacific

Meat analogue, also known as meat substitute or mock meat, is not new in Asia. The introduction of meat analogues emerged in 6th century AD, influenced by the restricted diet from Chinese Buddhism bac

Salt reduction, a formulation challenge

Many food categories are impacted by salt reduction. Snacks is one category with the highest percentage of product launches with a reduced salt claim.

Biospringer’s Culinary Center: the partner for success

Francisco Andre agreed to explain why, according to him, our Culinary Center application laboratory is today the partner in our customers success.

Yeast extract is ideal for the dairy analogues market

There is wide space for plant alternatives on the dairy market provided that these products keep the richness and creaminess of standard formulas.

Yeast extract is a key ingredient for meat analogues

The proportion of vegetarians, vegans and flexitarians is increasing. They are turning to plant-based products as meat alternatives. On the food manufacturer side, it is a major challenge to reformula

Biospringer’s Culinary Centers: who are we?

Francisco Andre is our Global Application Manager. His work is to coordinate the work done in our Culinary Centers all over the world.

Are you interested in plant-based proteins ?

Plant-based proteins is a growing market. In this global trend, two main segments appear: global dairy substitutes and global meat substitutes.

Everything about yeast extract

Yeast extract comes from fresh yeast and is therefore a natural origin ingredient. No synthetic or chemical ingredients are added during its production.

Biospringer’s protection measures since the COVID 19

Since the COVID-19 crisis, we took an important series of measures to protect our employees & our products. All our factories have continued to operate at full capacity during the pandemic, since day

Meet Joe Austin, our North America Director of Sales

Joe Austin is North America Director of Sales since 2018. He has learned a lot from his experience with us. He agreed to answer a few questions.

The challenge of sugar replacement

Sugar is unavoidable because it is essential for aromatic purposes, and as a corrector of bitterness or acidity.

Yeast extract is a key ingredient in cheese substitute development

The global animal products alternatives market, dominated by dairy substitutes, is growing. Food industries, aware of this market potential, started producing cheese substitutes.

Why low sugar applications are invading the food market?

Consumers are more and more aware of the correlation between diet & health. Sugar consumption is becoming a global public health concern.

Tomato soup with Springer® Reveal 1602

Our Food Application Manager shared his recipe. This week, discover his creamy tomato soup.

Ensuring business continuity for our customers

Yeast extract is a perfect fit for the dairy alternatives market

Plant-based proteins is a growing market. In this global trend, two main segments appear: global dairy substitutes and global meat substitutes.

Chocolate Banana Muffins using Springer® GN7001

Our Food Application Manager in Europe-Middle East-Africa, Andrew Vasina, shares his recipe using yeast-based flavor.

Everything about umami in our experts’ webinar

Plant-based proteins is a growing market. In this global trend, two main segments appear: global dairy substitutes and global meat substitutes.

Our North American Corporation is expanding its production site in Iowa

In November of 2019 we started construction on an expansion of our  yeast extract plant in Cedar Rapids Iowa . This expansion project supports the growing market trend for natural origin ingredients d

Meet Laurent Michel Bonanno, Analytical Expert in Research and Development

Meet our Expert Laurent Michel Bonanno, Analytical expert in our Research and Development team for 30 years.

Yeast extract, a natural solution for plant-based products

The proportion of vegetarians, vegans and flexitarians is increasing. They are turning to plant-based products as meat alternatives. On the food manufacturer side, it is a major challenge to reformula

Meet Jane WANG, Food Application Manager at our Culinary Center in Shanghai

Meet our Expert Jane WANG, Food Application Manager at the Biospringer Culinary Center China. Jane answered our questions about her work and missions at Biospringer.

Biospringer joined Rise Against Hunger to stop global hunger

Biospringer, as part of its sustainability engagements, joined Rise Against Hunger in order to provide nourishment, but also help boost education and sustainable development in impoverished regions of

Yeast extract is a key ingredient for meat analogues

The flavorful challenge of plant-based food and beverages

Vegetable proteins represent an alternative to those of animal origin. For the food industry, it is an opportunity for innovation, and new challenges to tackle, in particular to maintain the good tast

Clean Label, from trend to standard

Our Biospringer team of experts has been studying and keeping a very interesting track of today and tomorrow’s trends. One of them is salt reduction, rising worldwide. They have summarized it in a few

Yeast extract is a powerful ingredient in sugar reduction

Yeast extract is a major tool in salt reduction

Sweet beverages: good taste and sugar substitutes

Our Biospringer team of experts has been studying and keeping a very interesting track of today and tomorrow’s trends. One of them is salt reduction, rising worldwide. They have summarized it in a few

What is yeast extract ?

Discover in this motion design a simple explanation of what is yeast extract, how it is produced, what are its main benefits, and how it is a great natural solution: En chargeant cette vidéo, vous acc

Our latest white paper about yeast extract

What is yeast extract ? How is it produced ? Is it natural ? How does it improve taste ? Learn everything about “Yeast extract, a treasure from nature for food” in this white paper:  http:

Biospringer organic yeast extract

How organic yeast extracts can thrive amid new demands “The growing demand for organic products is creating new potential and challenges within the ingredients space. Dirk Lindemann of Lesaffre

From yeast to tasty food

Naturalness, an opportunity for natural food ingredients

Biospringer takes on off-notes masking

Yeast extract for successful fat reduction strategies

Obesity has tripled since 1975 and related diseases have seriously increased. A worrying fact linked to an energy imbalance between calories consumed and expended. This situation is making the consume

Meet Andrew Vasina, Food Technologist at Biospringer North America’s Culinary Center

Meet our Expert Andrew Vasina, Food Technologist at the Biospringer Culinary Center North America. Andrew answered our questions about his work and missions at Biospringer, and shared his vision of ye

The early days of Biospringer

In the headquarters’ Bio Springer factory complex, in Maisons-Alfort, France, the atmosphere conveys something very special - a great family story & legacy of entrepreneurship, expertise and innovatio

Yeast extract is a recognized clean label ingredient

The health and wellness trends explain consumers’ behaviors regarding what and how they eat. But good health is no more the main goal to reach: authenticity, transparency and environmental concerns

Yeast extract to improve food nutritional profiles

Consumers crave for healthier products but certainly not at the expense of taste. To address this major challenge, yeast extract is an answer !

Yeast extract is an ingredient on the rise

Did you know that yeast extract market is a very promising one? Indeed, this ingredient has a very large range of applications due to its unique characteristics, as evidenced by many food products lau

Naturalness is a rising trend worldwide

Our Biospringer team of experts has been studying and keeping a very interesting track of today and tomorrow's trends. One of them is naturalness trend, rising worldwide. They have summarized it in a

Why is tomato juice with umami, the airplane drink?

Have you noticed that you are most likely to be craving for a tomato juice on a plane? We invested why, and how the umami taste is relevant in the tomato juice umami recipe.

Meet Antoine Thomas, Biospringer’s Flavor Development Manager

Antoine Thomas attests to the Biospringer expertise and defines sensory evaluation.

Biospringer Strasbourg site expanded

On Friday 29 June, Antoine Baule, CEO of Lesaffre, and Brice-Audren Riché, Managing Director of Biospringer Worldwide, unveiled new equipment at Biospringer Strasbourg site. Since its creation dozens

Umami flavor in western cuisine

Prof. Charles Spence is a cognitive neuroscientist. He and his team studied how the senses interact to form our perception of flavour. EURASYP interviewed him on umami, also provided by the natural in

Biospringer RS, the new yeast extract facitily

Today, Lesaffre announces its acquisition of Alltech’s yeast extract facility in Serbia.

What is umami taste?

Have you ever heard about umami ? Identified several decades ago, this taste has now been added to the four basic tastes which we know as: saltiness, sweetness, bitterness and sourness. How can we bes

You should cook with Marmite yeast extract

Marmite contains yeast extract, and is considered in this article as "one of the all-time greatest “umami bombs” you can keep in your kitchen cabinet."