Background
At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right.
We will lead the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. As part of our ongoing efforts to making the right snack for the right moment, we are exploring ingredients that can reduce saturated fat, while maintaining the texture that consumers love.
Challenge
We are looking for ingredient solutions that enable us to reduce saturated fat in fat-continuous products (e.g., chocolate confectionery) without compromising texture.
Specifically, we are looking for technologies that enable saturated fat reduction in chocolate confections without compromising critical sensory aspects and processability.
Key success criteria include:
- Food appropriate (microbiological & toxins)
- No known digestive concerns at 15g/day or more
- Suitable for food approval with usage levels of at least 15g/day (in EU & UK/North America/Latin America markets)
- Delivers at least 30% saturated fat reduction in chocolate confections & no compromise on snap, mouthfeel, moldability, withstands normal chocolate processing conditions, remains solid for at least 6 months under ambient conditions
- Compatible with cocoa butter
- Clean label and sustainable options will be prioritized
What we aren't interested in:
- Solutions that increase sugar, trans fat or sodium content of food products
- Solutions that have not been demonstrated in fat continuous confectionery (chocolate confectionery)
- Technologies that add air to products to increase volume but have no effect on g/ 100 g basis
What's in it for you?
A successful collaboration could mean, for individuals, forming a potential partnership with one of the world’s most iconic brands to co-develop and co-launch the idea to market.
Mondelez is willing to collaborate with both individuals/freelancers and other industry participants/universities etc. and solutions can be at any stage of development.
If you have or are developing solutions, or if you have expertise in the above, please click "Apply" to submit your solution/expertise to the Network.