November's Ingredient post - vegan proteins :seedling:

Jiska_Queal 2018-12-18 08:11:00 UTC #1

Hi there!

A little while ago we started to write new posts on our blog, these writings all have different theme's like Impacts, where we talk about the impacts of your Queal use (in terms of health, environment etc) or Inspirations, where we'd like to tell you a little more about the companies or initiatives that inspire us.

Yesterday a new so-called "Ingredients" post went live, one about the vegan proteins that we use in our products.

Have you already read it? And if yes, what do you think about it?

Feel free to share your thoughts, related interesting insights and/or your questions in this thread.
We would love to hear them and/or help you out

You can find the post here!

Floris_Queal 2018-12-18 13:54:44 UTC #2

You forgot to mention the taste of the vegan proteins
(which isn't always perfect, but I think we've done a good job of making our products taste very well)

What do you guys think?

trtr 2018-12-18 19:23:35 UTC #3

I don't take the Vegan version so don't really have an opinion on the specifics of the info or the taste. But I do think its always good to know a bit more about whats keeping you alive.

Jiska_Queal 2018-12-19 07:03:29 UTC #4

Haha that’s true! Thanks for taking the time to read the article

anon 2018-12-22 17:05:24 UTC #5

Thanks for the interesting blog post. I really like the queal5 vegan steady. Tastes great and has a greener carbon footprint

One question though. Vegan edition has the least protein per 100g of all editions. Why is that? Is it difficult to add more protein without messing up the texture/taste? Or would it be just too expensive? Or do you just feel that there's no demand for it?

Floris_Queal 2018-12-24 14:54:42 UTC #6

Great question. It really has to do with the texture/'mouth-feel' that is the limiting factor here. The vegan proteins aren't always known for being very tasty, but I think we've done a good job there.

Of course, we also wanted it still to be high enough in protein as to be (safely) within the EFSA recommendations, so they also still have enough to cover that.

(price-wise it wouldn't matter that much, so that wasn't a motivation for the amount of protein )