While plant-based drinks have been in demand, they can sometimes taste like they’ve been strained through a lawnmower. 🙂

In fact, a survey reveals that 44% of people don’t favor the taste of plant-based foods and particularly non-dairy beverages.

Companies such as Nestlé and DSM have done new research to solve this issue.- 

• DSM’s innovation treats plant proteins (like peas, almonds, and soy) with phytase to enhance taste and texture. Phytase helps in removing grassy and beany taste from the plant-based products.
  (Here’s the patent they filed for their research, WO2021198167A1) 
• Nestlé has also been working on enhancing the texture of their non-dairy beverage concentrate by balancing its viscosity.
  (Find the patent on their research here CA3191364A1) 
• Chilean food-tech startup NotCo is using their AI program, GIUSEPPE (cool name right?) to analyze the structure of animal-based food (like milk), and then replicate this structure using plant-based ingredients.
  (Here is the patent they filed for this tech US11404144B1).

Even the consumer feedback is positive for NotCo’s innovations. Some consumers said – It does not have weird aftertastes, and is thick like real milk.