Food & Ingredients June 2023
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development,” says Senior Advisor Aleksej<br />
Leppänen from Business Finland.<br />
Fazer <strong>Food</strong>tech combines sustainable<br />
ingredients with technology<br />
Fazer <strong>Food</strong>tech business unit was established<br />
to answer some of the health and climate<br />
challenges of the modern world. In this business<br />
unit, plant-based raw materials are transferred<br />
through innovation and by applying state-of-theart<br />
technology into sustainable ingredients. In<br />
part, Fazer uses its own side-streams and creates<br />
new products and solutions through upcycling.<br />
“We are continuously developing new<br />
solutions that allow us to improve our material<br />
efficiency and add value to underutilised<br />
production streams or side streams – this is<br />
what we call upcycling,” says Loponen.<br />
“Fazer Xylitol is a great example of circular<br />
economy and upcycling. Fazer Xylitol is<br />
produced from oat hulls – a side stream from<br />
our own oat mill – at our state-of-the-art<br />
xylitol factory in Lahti, Finland. Fazer Xylitol<br />
is a natural sweetener and a substitute<br />
for sugar, but it also offers plenty of other<br />
opportunities for product development<br />
for instance in personal care and<br />
pharmaceutical industry,” Loponen adds.<br />
Fazer’s sustainability work is divided into<br />
four key focus areas: Climate & Circularity,<br />
Sustainable products & Innovations,<br />
Sustainable sourcing, and People & Wellbeing.<br />
Innovating to create new sustainable<br />
food solutions through foodtech and reducing<br />
food loss and food waste are integrated into<br />
these ambitions that guide Fazer’s actions.<br />
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