Styrino is our original brand name of the cheese alternative product that has cheese texture and flavor, developed by Marinfood. The name was derived from two Greek words “styno” which means future or progressive, and “tyri” which means cheese. We named this “Styrino” with our hope that it is going to be a future cheese.
Narrator：Iori Kolar
We replaced milk fat with vegetable oil to make this Styrino. Because of this the amount of cholesterol in Styrino is lesser compared with natural cheese.
Styrino was released in October 2007, and is currently available in various types including shred, slice and dice-cut. There are also varieties of a product mixed with cheese and a cholesterol 97% reduced product. As such we work on developing products that accompany customers’ needs. Currently there are shred type for both industrial and home-use, slice type, for vegan, and also “mozzarino” that has a stretching quality, which was difficult to achieve for a long time.
Research and development of Styrino is carried out by its dedicated research group. Here we introduce to you this Styrino Laboratory.
Compared with natural cheese, cost related with manufacturing facility and ingredient can be reduced and is available to dispatch in several days. As vegetable oil is used, cholesterol is largely reduced.
It is to realize the melting and stretching quality by mixing ingredients that are very different from milk, such as starch, vegetable protein and other vegetable ingredients. We succeeded in developing cheese alternative product that does not use animal origin ingredient at all, targeting at vegans and people who have milk allergies.
Vegans on trend. We focus here on vegan diets that attempt to exclude all animal origin ingredients. Here we introduce to you the basics of vegans and their activities in the world. Then we will show you how Marinfood has been working on it. 。
Vegan diets started in England in 1944.
There are various views about its etymology, the word “vegan” was created taking the parts from “Veg-etari-an”. Vegetarians eat milk and eggs, but vegans do not. So the vegan diet involves excluding not only meat or fish but also eggs and milk.
There are 3 reasons to apply vegan diets
1. Dietary (in terms with heath)
2. Environmental (in terms with natural environment)
3. Ethical (animal welfare and protection)
The number of vegans and vegetarians are increasing in the world, especially in America, England and Germany.
The population of vegans is increasing in recent years in the world. In the USA with the serious health issues in the background, the population of vegans became 6 times bigger in recent years, bringing more vegan menus to restaurants. In England where vegan lifestyle started, the population increased 4 times in 4 years, promoting more non-animal derived materials for cosmetics, clothing and bags. It is expected that a quarter of all the population in England will become vegans by 2025. The vegan food market reached 1.5 trillion yen by 2019, and will reach 2.6 trillion yen by 2025.
Vegan lifestyle started in England in 1944
Meat alternative was developed for vegans who still like to enjoy the flavor of meat. Its main ingredient is green peas. There is a wide variety of 100% meat alternative products sold at grocery stores overseas, including beef-patty for hamburgers, sausages, and fried chickens.
It realized the likeness of meat not only in looks and tastes but also in cooking experiences. So is clearly distinguished from imitation products.
Vegan Cheese in the World
Cheese is also one of the food products that vegans miss. In Europe, people love cheese. The vegan cheese products from Europe occupy 43% of the world vegan cheese market. Then follows North America, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa. The world vegan cheese market is expected to become 390 million US dollars in 2024 from 210 million US dollars in 2016.
Vegans in Japan
As health consciousness is growing, soy bean meat is developed and applied in major restaurant chains in Japan also. Vegan prepared foods and foods to go are sold at convenience stores. Meat alternative products and food products made solely from vegetable ingredients are being developed by several food producers and appear in grocery stores as precooked foods, flavored baked foods, ham, sausages and dessert. A tune-up and reinforcement of vegan requirements of visitors from overseas is demanded.
About Vegan products by Marinfood
We developed vegan products that excludes all animal origin ingredients by latest technologies. It even excludes 28 designated allergens so that more people enjoy eating it. Cholesterol is largely cut and so everyone can eat it.
We eat every day. Food should be not only safe but should be tasty to your body too. We hope that you enjoy your food, without too much effort. We would like to contribute to the future with our food. Here we introduce to you the future of functional foods.
When we become health conscious, first thing that you care for is sleep, food and exercise. According to the Internet Health Attitude Survey practiced in 2017, the number of people who are conscious about having healthy meals increased from 2014. About half of Japanese people are caring about food and exercise for their health.
Nowadays the functional foods that you can take easily are sold and catching attention. It is desirable to eat various foods in a good balance, however, it is getting more difficult to eat in a good balance in modern busy lifestyles. We should be healthier without excessive strains on our life. That is why products that can help your healthy lifestyle are becoming more popular. Try our various products as it also contributes to our technical improvements.
We developed products that strengthen protein and pancakes that are reduced in sugar. We offer products that meet your needs. *Our standard product sugar 47.6g/100g protein 6.3g/100ｇ
We developed soy shred and slice by replacing milk fat and milk protein with vegetable ingredients. We also replaced water with soy milk. Isoflavone is combined and animal origin ingredients are not included so it is perfect for vegans. Cholesterol is largely reduced. It does not use milk ingredients at all.
We continue to pursue developing products.We introducing products that suit your worries.Please click the item you are interested in.
We continue to pursue developing products.We introducing products that suit your worries.Please click the item you are interested in.
