Plantible Foods Formulates New Egg Replacer

Plantible Foods, a US biotech company, created a functional ingredient called Rubi Whisk that may replace eggs in the commercial production of bread, donuts, cookies, cakes, pastries, and pasta.

According to the company, to formulate the ingredient, they extract RuBisCO protein from a Lemna plant. 

The Rubi protein RuBisCO is turned into a powder, which is neutral in taste, odor, and color, and whose properties may mimic and replace animal proteins.

“For too long, consumers have had to make trade-offs when choosing plant-based or gluten-free foods, compromising on taste and texture and often settling for less delicious and nutritious products,” said Tony Martens Fekini, co-founder and chief executive officer of Plantible Foods. 

According to Plantible Foods, Rubi Whisk may provide several benefits for baking applications such as offering fat-binding and oil-holding capacity, high-foaming capacity and stability, high solubility, and emulsification.