Protein-enriched vegetable soup for the elderly

Today, Carezzo has surpassed the benefits of simple nutrition by creating protein-enriched products that combine the great taste and texture of regular food products with a special composition tailored to the needs of the elderly. Carezzo’s range of products includes a high-protein vegetable soup in addition to products like bread, bakery products, fruit dairy and fruit juice.

Researchers at NIZO food research developed an innovative process that enables the protein content in soup to reach up to 7%, which corresponds with 10 grams of protein in a 150 ml portion. This allows Carezzo to use the nutritional claim ‘rich in protein’ on the product label of this vegetable soup.

The food preferences of seniors aged 55 and over, have recently been studied using the SenTo consumer taste panel (in collaboration with Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen University and Research Centre). This protein-enriched vegetable soup has exhibited a significant preference over regular vegetable soup in consumer taste tests, is easy to eat and does not influence the next meal energy intake.

Carezzo has developed three different varieties of this high-protein vegetable soup.