Introducing Sustainable Ingredients

We are proud to announce our cooperation with Sustainable Ingredients AG for the markets of Switzerland, Iberia, and Poland. Based in Appenzell, Sustainable Ingredients AG is a company that processes the high-quality spent grain of a local brewery into flour, protein powder, and dietary fibre powder.

With its newly developed physical processing method, the young company has succeeded among other things in producing not only classical flour, but also a protein powder with more than 45% protein content, and a dietary fibre powder with 69% fibre content.

The raw materials they produce are of high quality and stand out for optimum nutritional value and low gluten content.

The following three products are available in conventional and organic quality:

Protein Powder

• Min. 45% Protein
  • Contains all essential amino acids
• 25% dietary fibre
• < 5% carbohydrates
• 15% fat
  • High content of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids
• High mineral content (calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, zinc)
• High content of vitamin B12

Dietary fibre powder

• 69% dietary fibre
• 10% protein
• 1.5% carbohydrates
• 7% fat
• High mineral content (calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, zinc)

Classic Powder

• 26% protein
  • Contains all essential amino acids
• 48% dietary fibre
• 3.5% carbohydrates
• 13% fat 
  • High content of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids
• High mineral content (calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, zinc)
• High content of vitamin B12

The products are in line with the current trends of a circular economy and “regenerative food systems”.

The starting material, brewer’s spent grain, is not used in the conventional way as feed – rather it is upcycled for human consumption. 

The barley raw materials produced as by-products are suitable for a wide range of applications such as texturized plant-based protein (e.g. mince), pasta, or dairy product alternatives. 

The raw materials are also especially popular for baked goods because, compared to wheat protein, barley powder has a low gluten content but still contains valuable amounts of protein and dietary fibre. 

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