GELITA – An Element of Our Life

I n n o v a t i v e P r o d u c t
I d e a s F r o m G E L I T A
Suggestions, ideas, concepts
GELITA ® – An Element of Our Life
● Low Carb
● Low Fat
● Low Calorie

... is today’s answer to our hectic
lifestyles. The sheer speed of
everyday life coupled with the
growing demand for active health
and enhanced by wholesome
nutrition have placed convenience
foods offering health
benefits at the focal point of the
consumer on a worldwide basis.
Convenience aspect:
No cooling necessary.
Easy to transport. Can thus be
used everywhere. Long shelf life.
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Convenience food ...
Creative product ideas:
Application areas: mousse, desserts, decoration food
In this brochure, GELITA provides
ideas for innovative products that
may well turn out to be the major
influences on this particular
market. However, these ideas can
be regarded as rough concepts
only. For you of course know
your markets best and know
exactly which products have a
real chance of success, what they
have to look like and how they
“Mousse it up":
Mousse for every occasion.
Product:
One cup contains a portion of
blended powder that can be
made into a delicious mousse
within a minute.
Preparation: open the lid, fill to
the mark with water and stir to
obtain a real mousse.
Flavors:
Fruit, chocolate, vanilla etc.
The powder can be produced
without aroma and simply mixed
with fruit juice.
Idea 1:
Ingredients (example lime):
GELITA ® Instant+
GELITA ® Collagen Hydrolysate Collagel A
Tagatose
Acesulfame K sweetener
Guar gum
Sodium hydrogen carbonate
Citric acid
Lime aroma
have to be positioned to achieve
this.
Flexible and healthy multi-talent
GELITA ® Gelatine already possesses
the properties required by
the market in this respect. It can
hence be the basis for attractive
and successful innovation.
Delicate mousse, prepared
simply and in seconds.
Nutritional values:
Protein 5.8%
Carbohydrate 7.0%
Fat 0.0%
Fiber 4.8%
Minerals 0.1%
Water 82.3%
Health data:
per 100 g
kj kcal
98 23
120 28
0 0
218 51
Low Carb. Low Fat.
Low Calorie.
Such a mousse would have little
carbohydrate, fat and calories.
Sugar would be replaced by
sweetener.
Form and packaging:
Cup, size and design as in yogurt
or desserts. The cup has to be
large enough as the volume
increases rapidly on mixing.

Firm fruit gel as vitamin-rich
fruit candy or delicate chocolate
candy.
Ingredients (example):
GELITA ® Gelatine
GELITA ® Collagen Hydrolysate Sol LDA aggl
Acesulfame K sweetener
Simplesse
Tagatose
Aroma, e.g. chocolate, vanilla, cream
Milk
Ingredients (example):
GELITA ® Gelatine
GELITA ® Collagen Hydrolysate Sol LDA aggl
Acesulfame K sweetener
Tagatose
Aroma, e.g. cassis, apple
Fruit juice
Convenience aspect:
Fruit or chocolate candy that
doesn't melt as quickly as real
chocolate but tastes just as good.
Candies:
Fruit or chocolate delicacies
for the sweet tooth.
Idea 2:
Nutritional values:
Protein 13.3%
Carbohydrate 5.1%
Fat 1.4%
Fiber 1.5%
Minerals 0.8%
Water 78.0%
Nutritional values:
Protein 8.8%
Carbohydrate 12.0%
Fat 0.0%
Fiber 1.4%
Minerals 0.4%
Water 77.4 %
per 100 g
kj kcal
226 53
86 20
51 13
363 86
per 100 g
kj kcal
150 35
203 48
0 0
353 83
Product:
Candy: Fruit gel containing various
fruits and enriched with vitamins.
Chocolate candy: gives the impression
of a real chocolate candy
but is in fact a firm gel that readily
melts in the mouth, tastes just like
real chocolate and is very similar
to chocolate ice cream in mouth
feeling.
Flavors:
All types of fruit, white chocolate,
dark chocolate and Cappuccino.
Variations containing alcohol are
also conceivable.
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Health data:
Low Carb. Low Fat.
Low Calorie.
Such candies would have little
carbohydrate, fat and calories.
Sugar would be replaced by
sweetener.
Form and appearance:
Fruits or cubes packaged in readyto-eat
form in blister packs or
attractively designed foil presentation
packs.

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The Jelly Juggler:
Table jelly with style.
Convenience aspect:
An ice cream that need not be
frozen.
Product:
A solid gel in lollipop form
that doesn’t melt at room temperature
but does so at body
temperature.
In this way, aroma release is
optimal whether licked or bitten.
It is eaten like an ice cream and
Creative product ideas:
Application areas: dairy products/desserts
tastes like one; however, it need
not be kept in the freezer.
Idea 3:
Ingredients (example):
GELITA ® Gelatine
GELITA ® Collagen hydrolysate Sol LDA aggl
Acesulfame K sweetener
Citric acid
Water
Yogurt powder
Fruit yogurt aroma
Foodstuff coloring agent
Flavors:
Basically, all flavors are possible.
For children, fruit, chocolate and
vanilla would be favorites and for
adults, especially those with
health in mind, green tea, Aloe
Vera and the like would be
suitable.
New ice cream desserts.
Two traditional desserts can be
combined to form a new trendy
product:
ice cream lollipop and table jelly.
Nutritional values:
Protein 11.8%
Carbohydrate 6.1%
Fat 0.1%
Fiber 0.3%
Minerals 0.1%
Water 80.7%
Health data:
per 100 g
kj kcal
201 47
104 25
3 1
308 73
Low Carb. Low Fat.
Low Calorie.
Such an “ice cream” would have
little carbohydrate, fat and calories.
Sugar would be replaced by
sweetener.
Form and packaging:
Traditional “ice cream” or blister
packaging. The product could also
be supplied as an “instant” mixture
to be made up by the customer.

Refreshing “instant” yogurt.
Just remove the lid, add cold
water and stir.
Easy to transport and prepare.
Long shelf life in powder form.
Ingredients (example):
GELITA ® Instant+
GELITA ® Collagen hydrolysate Sol DA
Water
Isomalt
Yogurt powder
Guar gum
Sweetener
Fruit yogurt aroma
Convenience aspect:
A quick, simple snack for the
office or home. Can be prepared
quickly, has a long shelf life and
requires no cooling. Ideal for
many occasions.
Product:
The package contains enough
powder for one portion. It can
be quickly converted into a
delicious yogurt, almost anywhere.
Yogelita:
“Instant” fruit yogurt.
Idea 4:
Nutritional values:
Protein 14.5%
Carbohydrate 8.6%
Fat 0.1%
Fiber 0.3%
Minerals 1.2%
Water 75.3%
Preparation is simple: open the lid,
fill up to the mark with water and
stir. The texture is the same as that
of conventional yogurt.
Flavors:
E.g. fruit yogurt.
Health data:
per 100 g
kj kcal
247 58
146 34
4 1
397 93
Low Carb. Low Fat.
Low Calorie.
The yogurt would have little
carbohydrate, fat and calories.
Sugar would be replaced by
sweetener.
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Form and packaging:
Packaging can be designed to
meet the needs of children, the
whole family or as a wellness
product. The cup can be designed
along the lines of a yogurt
container. A small spoon would
enhance the convenience factor.

Convenience aspect:
A spicy snack for aperitifs.
No preparation necessary.
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Apérigel:
A spicy snack as aperitif.
Creative product ideas:
Application areas: snacks/finger food, decoration food
Product:
Firm snacks in various flavors.
Ready-to-eat and suitable for all
occasions.
Flavors:
Basically, everything is possible;
however, spicy would be the
preferred type, e.g. tomato-
Tabasco, spinach, carrot, nut,
curry etc.
Idea 5:
Ingredients (example coconut/peanut cube):
GELITA ® Gelatine
GELITA ® Collagen Hydrolysate Sol LDA aggl
Acesulfame K sweetener
Peanut cream
Coconut milk
Water
Instant broth
Chili aroma
Ready-to-eat snack for aperitifs.
Nutritional values:
Protein 8.7%
Carbohydrate 6.4%
Fat 3.3%
Fiber 7.5%
Minerals 0.4%
Water 73.7%
Health data:
per 100 g
kj kcal
147 35
109 25
123 30
379 90
Low Carb. Low Fat.
Low Calorie.
The snack would have little
carbohydrate, fat and calories.
Containing valuable secondary
plant components, such snacks
would be a healthy alternative
to vegetables.
Form and packaging:
Individually packaged snacks in an
attractive box – 3–4 types per pack.

SpiceStrips:
Delicious vegetables for
garnishing, as snacks or spices.
Convenience product for
garnishing platters and salads,
seasoning soups or as an alternative
to herbal butter on steaks.
The strips are healthy and tasty.
Ingredients (example):
GELITA ® Gelatine
Water
Vegetable juice
Chili
Salt
Pepper
Nutritional values:
Convenience aspect:
Timesaving: attractive low-cost
garnishing, seasoning and refining.
Idea 6:
Protein 8.7%
Carbohydrate 2.1%
Fat 0.0%
Fiber 0.2%
Minerals 1.5%
Water 86.8%
per 100 g
kj kcal
148 35
36 9
1 0
185 44
Product:
Hearty, spicy strips made of
jellied vegetable purée in readyto-use
packs.
The texture of the strips is relatively
soft and smooth, making for
attractive and creative garnishing.
Rapid dissolution releases the
appropriate aroma in hot dishes.
Flavors:
E.g. tomato/Tabasco, carrot,
spinach, peppers, herbs of
Provence etc.
Fruit variations are also
conceivable for desserts.
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Health data:
Low Carb. Low Fat.
Low Calorie.
The SpiceStrips would have little
carbohydrate, fat and calories.
Form and packaging:
Soft, elastic strips in individual or
mixed flavors.
Packaging could be similar to that
of noodle packs with viewing
“window” or in transparent foil.

Jam-Slices:
A fruit spread
for toast.
Convenience aspect:
Easier to handle than conventional
spreads, no sticky fingers, particularly
aromatic on warm toast.
Product:
A fruit gel of relatively firm
consistency and packaged like
sausage meat in a casing.
The gel can simply be sliced off
and placed on bread or toast.
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Creative product ideas:
Application areas: sandwich spreads, side dishes,
aperitifs, desserts
Surprise effect:
The fruit gel melts on warm toast
and produces an intensive aroma.
Flavors:
Basically, all fruit aromas –
also with pieces of fruit –
are possible.
However, honey, chocolate
hazelnut cream and the more
hearty variants are also
conceivable.
Idea 7:
Ingredients (example fruits):
GELITA ® Gelatine
Acesulfame K sweetener
Citric acid
Water
Fruit juice
A “slice" of jam simply laid on
toast. Fruit slices instead of jam,
honey or chocolate hazelnut
cream. Ideal for crisp bread, which
tends to break when spread, or on
toast as a particularly aromatic
melting fruit gel.
Nutritional values:
Protein 8.6%
Carbohydrate 6.3%
Fat 0.0%
Fiber 0.1%
Minerals 0.3%
Water 84.7%
Health data:
per 100 g
kj kcal
147 35
107 25
0 0
254 60
Low Carb. Low Fat.
Low Calorie.
The Jam-Slices would have little
carbohydrate, fat and calories.
Sugar would be replaced by
sweetener.
Form and packaging:
Sausage meat form of any desired
diameter.
The product could also be offered,
pre-sliced, in packs similar to
sausage meat available in
supermarkets.

Ready-to-eat Espuma*:
Fruit foam or delicate
vegetable spray.
The well-known Espumas as a
“ready-to-eat" variety. Analogous
to spray cream, the Espuma can be
kept in the fridge ready for use.
If guests arrive unexpectedly, the
Espuma makes an original and
excellent aperitif, dessert or an
exotic side dish or garnishing.
Ingredients (example Campari orange):
GELITA ® Gelatine
Orange juice
Acesulfame K sweetener
Tagatose
Campari
Convenience aspect:
As aperitif, dessert or side dish in
spray form: no complex preparation
required; always ready and
on hand in the fridge.
For parties, sophisticated kitchens,
hobby cooks and children's favorite
dishes.
Idea 8:
Nutritional values:
Protein 2.2%
Carbohydrate 15.6%
Fat 0.0%
Fiber 0.1%
Minerals 0.5%
Water 81.5%
per 100 g
kj kcal
38 9
266 62
0 0
304 71
Product:
Ready-to-eat Espuma in spray
form. Simply shake the can and
serve, just like spray cream.
Flavors:
Campari orange e.g. as an aperitif.
The dessert sprays can be filled
with any type of fruit. Spinach,
broccoli or carrot Espumas could
be excellent meat and fish side
dishes.
Espumas are already well established
in high-class restaurants.
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Health data:
Low Carb. Low Fat.
Low Calorie.
Such an Espuma would have little
carbohydrate, fat and calories.
Sugar would be replaced by
sweetener.
Form and packaging:
Similar to the well-established
spray cream, innovative Espuma
could be made available in a
trendy lifestyle design.
*Spanish for foam.
Developed and introduced by top Spanish
chef Ferrán Adrià. With gelatine and a
“gourmet whip", numerous ingredients can
be converted into light and delicate foams.

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Convenience aspect:
No spills. Can be consumed anywhere
at any time. Ideal for the
new trend of “dashboard dining"
in the USA from a pre-formed
dashboard tray.
Creative product ideas:
Application areas: sandwich spreads/ice cream
Squeezer:
Sandwich spread and
ice cream in a tube.
Idea 9:
Ingredients (example sour cherry):
GELITA ® Gelatine
GELITA ® Collagen Hydrolysate Sol LDA aggl
Acesulfame K sweetener
Citric acid
Sour cherry juice
Water
Product:
a: Soft fruit gel that can be
squeezed out of a tube onto a
sandwich or similar.
b: Positioning similar to ice
cream or sorbet but less firm and
only semi-frozen to allow the
product to be taken with some
degree of enjoyment.
Flavors:
Fruit, chocolate and vanilla and for
adults – especially the healthconscious
– with green tea, Aloe
Vera etc.
Fruity sandwich spread in a
tube instead of jam or honey in
a glass (a).
Could also be positioned as
semi-frozen ice cream in a
flexible drinking carton (b).
Nutritional values:
Protein 8.7%
Carbohydrate 6.0%
Fat 0.0%
Fiber 0.1%
Minerals 0.4%
Water 84.9%
Health data:
per 100 g
kj kcal
147 34
101 24
1 0
249 58
Low Carb. Low Fat.
Low Calorie.
Such a squeezer would have little
carbohydrate, fat and calories.
Sugar would be replaced by
sweetener.
Form and packaging:
a: Like a tube of mustard or
bottle of Ketchup.
b: Flexible drinking bottles as
already used for children and
adults.

Worldwide Excellence in Gelatine
EUROPE
service.eu@gelita.com
NORTH AMERICA
service.na@gelita.com
SOUTH AMERICA
service.sa@gelita.com
ASIA PACIFIC AFRICA
service.apa@gelita.com
service.photo@gelita.com
GELITA Deutschland GmbH
Uferstraße 7
69412 Eberbach, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 62 71/84-01
Fax: +49 (0) 62 71/84-27 00
GELITA France SARL
Les Patios de Forbin
9 Bis, Place John Rewald
13100 Aix en Provence, France
Phone: +33 4 42/63 28 40
Fax: +33 4 42/63 25 07
GELITA Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.
Emiliano Zapata S/N
Colonia Emiliano Zapata
Lerma, Mexico C.P. 52000
Phone: +52 7 28/282 91 80
Fax: +52 7 28/285 18 56
GELITA do Brasil Ltda.
Rua Phillip Leiner 200
CEP 06714-285 Cotia São Paulo,
Brazil (Caixa Postal, 032)
Phone: +55 (0) 11/46 12-81 11
Fax: +55 (0) 11/46 12-04 89
GELITA Australia Pty. Ltd.
P.O. Box 276
Botany NSW 1455
Unit L 2, Level 2, 2 A Lord Street
Botany NSW 2019, Australia
Phone: +61 (2) 95 78-70 00
Fax: +61 (2) 95 78-70 50
GELITA South Africa (Pty) Ltd
P.O. Box 5019
West Krugersdorp 1742
25 Verster Street West
Krugersdorp 1739 South Africa
Phone: +27 (11) 9 51 58 00
Fax: +27 (11) 9 53 15 12
GELITA Photo Europe
Gammelsbacher Straße 2
69412 Eberbach, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 62 71/84-01
Fax: +49 (0) 62 71/84-27 00
GELITA Sweden AB
Stidsvig, Box 502
264 23 Klippan, Sweden
Phone: +46 (0) 435/265-00
Fax: +46 (0) 435/265-90
GELITA NZ Ltd.
P.O. Box 19-542, Woolston,
Christchurch
135-145 Connal Street
Christchurch 2, New Zealand
Phone: +64/33 84-30 93
Fax: +64/33 84-32 31
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GELITA USA Inc.
P.O. Box 927 Sioux City, IA 51102, USA
2445 Port Neal Industrial Road
Sergeant Bluff, IA 51054, USA
Phone: +1 712 943-5516
Fax: +1 712 943-3372
GELITA Photo North America
P.O. Box 927 Sioux City, IA 51102, USA
2445 Port Neal Industrial Road
Sergeant Bluff, IA 51054, USA
Phone: +1 712 943-5516
Fax: +1 712 943-3372
GELITA UK Ltd.
Suite 3, Victoria Court, Bexton Road
Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 0PF,
Great Britain
Phone: +44 (0) 15 65/63 16 30
Fax: +44 (0) 15 65/75 53 68
GELITA (Tianjin)
International Trading Company
Unit 3528, 35th Floor, Citic Square
1168 Nanjing Rd West
Shanghai 200041 P.R. China
Phone: +86 (21) 5111 9066
Fax: +86 (21) 5111 9070

The GELITA Group, comprising the
operating continental units GELITA
Europe, GELITA North America,
GELITA South America, GELITA Asia
Pacific Africa and GELITA Photo, is the
world’s leading gelatine producer with
activities in all major markets. Our
customers benefit from the synergies
generated by this global presence, and
from the important developments
in research, production, technology,
logistics and special knowledge of the
local subsidiaries in the respective
continents.
The GELITA Group headquarters
in Eberbach, Germany, is the
coordination center for research
and development, sales, production,
communication and all other
corporate activities.
An extensive product range –
encompassing more than 250
GELITA ® Gelatine types and Gelatine/
Collagen-Hydrolysates – satisfies all
the requirements of our global
customers. Our tailor-made solutions
fulfill all customer requirements.
The use of our products in the very
different markets of food, pharmaceuticals,
photography and a large
range of specialized applications
underlines the versatility of gelatine.
The size and spread of the Group and
the application of stringent ISO 9001certified
systems and HACCP procedures
in our production facilities,
enable us to provide our customers
throughout the world with the highest
and most consistent quality of
product and service.
GELITA ® — An Element of Our Life
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