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Better-for-You Ingredients

At Sargento Food Ingredients, great taste is always a given—our better-for-you ingredients are no exception! We understand that as a product developer you need better-for-you ingredients that deliver healthy functional benefits while maintaining the ever-present consumer desire for great taste.

Today's healthy foods address many different consumer concerns from clean labels and nutrient-density to reduced sodium, fat and calories. Whether you are formulating a new better-for-you product to meet these concerns, adding a better-for-you line extension or reformulating an existing product to make it healthier, our R&D technical experts understand the challenges taste and texture present when formulating better-for-you products. We'll collaborate with you to ensure you are developing better-for-you products that meet your internal performance metrics.

Our better-for-you natural cheese ingredients include…

Reduced sodium cheese
Reduced fat cheese

Our customized ingredients and processes also work in these better-for-you formulations:

  • All natural
  • Trans fat free
  • Reduced sodium
  • Kosher/halal
  • Reduced fat
  • Reduced calories
  • rBST free
  • Portion control
  • Clean label
  • Gluten free
  • Organic
  • No preservatives

Our Portionables® and sauce technologies give us the ability to fortify products with healthy ingredients such as:

  • Probiotics
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Antioxidants
  • Fiber
  • Protein
  • Prebiotics

For more information on how our R&D and culinary staff can help with your better-for-you formulations, call us at 800-893-7411.