Green, a Spanish company in the agri-food sector, has made technical applications available for the entire food sector. The brand seeks to create a response to new needs for the food industry and for consumers. Thus, greenish has created an unsaturated fat with an olive oil base. We tell you!
Verdeo is the innovation of diets
La Mediterranean diet It is one of the best known and healthiest in the world. One of the essential ingredients to carry it out is olive oil. Green solidifies this oil to create an unsaturated fat. It follows a natural composition process that makes it easy to incorporate into various categories feeding. In this way, the company opens up the possibility of developing new recipes and healthier products.
This fat has three categories designed for different types of dishes and features food. These are:
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- Cream: A spreadable format of olive oil with a smooth texture.
- Pastry: This variant allows kneading, stirring or emulsifying for the creation of creams, sauces or cakes.
- Bakery: Technical fat in laminated format with a melting point and plasticity specially designed for croissants or puff pastries.
- Fry: Ideal for frying. With a lower absorption rate than other oils and rapid crystallization that reduces dripping and prevents the pieces from drying out and draining.
- Evo: A processable format to incorporate into the proteins offered by meat. It focuses on the appropriate density and texture for industrial mixing and cooking processes.
But… How is Verdeo made?
Iberian Healthy Food is a pioneer company in the development of saturated fats. In addition, they specialize in fats that accompany the industry towards a new type of healthier food. Green It is his first project, and it consists of a vegetable fat made from olive oil. It remains solid and stable at room temperature, giving the user endless possibilities in the kitchen.
The manufacturing process is natural. A homogeneous fat is obtained, stable and easy to incorporate into various food categories. The idea was born in 2015. It was first tested to implement the ingredient in various recipes. After this, a team was sought to form the project to achieve the necessary
The industrial process went through many pruebas later to elaborate the different variants of which we have pulled you before. In 2019 Healthy Food Ibérica was born, which after several years of trial and error, had Green ready for commercialization. In 2020 the company won the award for the innovation at the World Olive Oil Exhibition 2020. And in 2021 Verdeo won the AZTI Award for eating healthy at the 4 Food 2021 Future Expo FoodTech.
A revolutionary substance
Green It can be used to replace or reduce the saturated fat content in various dishes. In addition, it will change the use of butters and margarines due to established fats present in olive oil. Also, it will become a sustainable alternative for palm oilma. Spain is the main producer of olive oil in the world. Green seeks to choose ingredients sustainable and proximity. All this without giving up the excellent technical characteristics of conventional margarines.
In addition, this food is suitable for diets vegan or Plant Based. It does not contain allergens such as gluten and its flavor maintains the properties of olive oil. It also meets the objectives of the footprint carbon positive, which makes this food an extremely interesting alternative. As a last benefit, this food also brings several benefits of natural oils. Among them, the most notable is the reduction of the risk of enfermedades cardiovascular disorders.
The man responsible for the creation of this product is the renowned pastry chef Sergio Ortiz. The confectioner is in charge of directing the technical R&D area of the company, together with Joseph Manuel Ortiz. The latter oversees the logistics part, hand in hand with Vidal White, the CEO of the company.
What do you think? Did you know this new way of consuming unsaturated fats?
