Create beef flavor applications
According to Innova Database, 26% of Asian consumers eat meat and poultry products 2 to 3 times a week.¹ The meat, fish & egg market in A sia has seen a growth of more than 7% in between 2023 and 2024.²
In Asia Pacific, demand for more meat products is rising due to urbanization and higher disposable incomes. The trend is particularly strong for beef flavored snacks, sauces and ready-to-eat meals³, driven by younger consumers and Western influences seeking variety and indulgent flavors.
However, when it comes to meaty tastes, consumers expectations are very high. It is a challenge for food manufacturers. Delivering authentic, rich flavor profiles that align with consumers demands requires innovative solutions. At the same time, fluctuating costs of raw ingredients and the need for cost-efficient formulations add complexity to the process. They must balance these constraints while ensuring consistent quality, making it crucial to explore versatile and vegan ingredients that meet both sensory and budgetary goals. Discover below how yeast extract is the right answer to food manufacturers challenges.
How yeast extract supports to improve beef taste in formulations
Food professionals working on taste improvement often represent taste as three main blocks. The first block represents the flavor base. It is the foundation of taste and bring depth to the recipe. Then, the second block is called “specific flavor notes”. It is built on base notes, to create a unique taste, that nobody else can replicate. The third block is top notes, provided by flavor houses.
Yeast extract is a fermentation-based, natural solution used to improve the flavor base, and create specific flavor notes. It is a great tool to build unique taste profiles, by bringing out flavor notes. Indeed, its complex composition allows food professionals to naturally improve the taste perception of their food products, while reducing other ingredients such as salt and providing a preservative-free solution.
In order to create a unique, fully vegan beef taste, Biospringer has the Springer® Signature range of yeast extracts.
This range of specific notes can allow you to create a moreished dish, with each bit leading to more cravings.
Develop plant-based meat with real meat taste using yeast extract
In the Asia Pacific, meat substitutes demonstrate the strongest growth amongst all food categories. 4
Due to busy lifestyles, consumers are constantly looking for health-related labels on food packaging, while also prioritizing convenience.
One of the major improvements that consumers would like is having a better taste experience in meat substitutes. They wish to enjoy a plant-based product that mimics the taste of real meat. Therefore, food manufacturers have to seek for vegan ingredients to improve taste while being able to mention “vegan” or “vegetarian” on their packaging.
As a natural ingredient coming from yeast, yeast extract is vegan and vegetarian-certified, but it can replicate meaty taste such as grilled beef notes in a vegan recipe. Moreover, it can be used in a variety of food applications, from sauces to snacks seasonings or plant-based meat burgers.
Health is the fastest growing positioning category5,
while 100% of meat substitutes developed in Asia in 2024 were categorized as “Convenient”.6
If you wish to see examples,
Ming Pei Yeo,
Biospringer Asia Pacific
Culinary Center Assistant Manager
Case Study: Enhancing the taste profile of your beef-flavored chips
At our Asia-Pacific Culinary Center in Singapore, our technical team has been exploring the full potential of Springer® Signature in real-world applications. One standout snack application highlights the role of yeast extract in enriching the beefy profile:
“In beef-flavored chips, yeast extract intensifies dark meaty, and beefy notes. It creates a well-balanced profile and enhances overall richness. This improvement aligns with consumer expectations for authentic, rich profile in meat-flavored snacks,” explains Ming Pei Yeo.
Other Frequently Asked Questions
Is beef yeast extract vegetarian?
Yes, our Springer® Signature Beef yeast extracts are fully vegan and vegetarian.
Discover 5 recipes using yeast extract to deliver a unique beef taste
Today, beef taste can be found everywhere: from sauces to snacks seasonings, soups, or even plant-based products. However, when asked what could be improved by food professionals, 41% of Asian consumers mention taste.7
Therefore, food manufacturers have to seek for a natural solution to create a memorable beefy taste to make consumers crave for more, while being respectful of their expectations regarding healthiness.
Taste is at the heart of Biospringer’s profession. Aware of these challenges, our technical experts in the Asia Pacific created 5 recipes to showcase the potential of yeast extract to create a unique beef taste in a variety of food applications.
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1Innova – Consumer genius
2Innova Database
3Innova New Products Launches, Asia, 2023-2024), Innova Database
4Innova Database, CAGR (July 2019 – June 2024)
5Meat substitutes – Asia, Jan 2020 – Dec 2024 ; CAGR (Last 5 years, period ending Q4 2024) – Updated every quarter, Innova Database
6Meat substitutes – Asia, 2024 – 2025 YTD, Key positioning categories, Innova Database
7Innova, Consumer Genius, 2024