"Plant origin" is becoming a popular word. With the increasing concern of consumers about personal health and the growing concern about the global ecosystem, consumers' lifestyle is increasingly becoming "natural", and plant sources have become a natural choice. Among them, a variety of products from plants are promoting the innovative development of the food and beverage industry.
Plant beverage refers to the beverage products processed or fermented with plants or plant extracts (excluding tea and coffee) as raw materials (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, seeds of non fruit and vegetable plants and juice secreted by bamboo or trees themselves, such as grains, edible fungi, mushroom，edible algae and ferns, cocoa, chrysanthemum, etc.).
We have mentioned before that plant-based beverages have become more and more popular among the public, and at the same time, they have developed more and covered more fields, and have brought more beneficial benefits to us. So what plant products can be made into plant-based beverages, and what are their uses?
First of all, we also learned that the emergence of plant-based drinks is more in the form of dairy products in the public's field of vision. The products that can be made into dairy products are mainly made from plant products such as oats and soybeans.A large number of other plant materials, such as "plant milk" products derived from nuts, soybeans and plant seeds, replace animal dairy products. The new products use a variety of materials, including tree nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, walnuts, macadamia nuts, pistachios and walnuts, etc.), coconuts, grains (rice, oats and barley, etc.), chia seeds and flaxseeds.
Second, the innovation of plant drinks can also be realized by adding functional and high value-added raw materials, such as herbs, essences and spices, which can bring unique feelings to the products and increase the health benefits of the products. The sales of such products also showed a momentum of growth.
For example, some products have combined protein, fiber, etc. with herbs and other plant ingredients to give play to different health benefits. At present, some American food companies have added protein, oligosaccharides (FOS) and inulin, as well as grape seed extract, curcuma longa root extract, broccoli bud extract, blueberry extract, Acerola cherry extract, garlic extract and other raw materials. These extracts not only play the role of coloring, antioxidation, and flavor regulation, but also have health benefits. Similarly, beverage products can also play a similar role and health benefits by adding various herbs and plant extracts.
Water drinks from plants are also emerging in the field of dairy substitutes. Since the success of coconut water flying in recent years, other plant water drinks have also been introduced to the market. At the American Natural Products Exhibition, a company launched birch water, and another brand also launched maple water products. The products were immediately sold in hundreds of stores that year, including many well-known chain retail stores. Other companies introduced watermelon, cucumber, lemongrass and ginger flavored water, and then coconut flavored aquatic products. Rose water and saffron drinks were available in the market earlier, and their sales range has also been from the United States to Europe. At present, they have become popular in the Asia Pacific region.
In general, plant drinks have a variety of characteristics, including the characteristics that will not be outdated. At present, various products on the market, such as fruits, nuts and agricultural products, can be widely used and made into more popular beverages. Therefore, plant products including beverages have gradually become a larger market and will soon become one of the more potential markets.
