Natural Preservation Applications in Various Food Sectors

Our food scientists work in specialized application labs around the world, employing comprehensive natural solutions for various products. This is to address our customers' clean label preservation challenges. 
Contact us to learn how we naturally maintain the flavor, color, and texture of your next food or beverage product. 

Nutrition

Creating "Mind and Body Beneficial" culinary experiences with health-beneficial ingredients. 
From low-sugar chocolate bars to functional foods and nutritional beverages enriched with vitamins and minerals, today's consumers favor products that combine nutrition with deliciousness. 
MELES guides clients in crafting delectable food products while meeting consumers' health requirements by reducing sugar, salt, and fat. In addition, MELES adds vitamins, minerals, and fiber. We have also developed deliciously authentic meat alternatives and plant-based foods, including plant-based seafood and dairy alternatives. Our survival is rooted in innovation and co-creation, consistently exploring current and future trends to keep brands ahead of the curve. Scroll below to learn more details. Nutrient Tree 
Nutrient Tree supplements natural nutrients for specific benefits, supporting a healthy lifestyle alongside dietary choices. Consumers today seek foods and beverages that provide specific benefits for their bodies, beyond satisfying hunger. MELES' "Nutrient Tree" combination offers a plethora of natural functional vitamins, minerals, and fiber, delivering a cutting-edge health experience. These nutrient elements provide essential whole-food nutrients, ranging from superfruits to super grains, and from agricultural products to fermented goods. Promoting inner-out health, consumers are increasingly looking for additional nutrient supplementation to enhance their overall well-being, preferring whole-food nutrient-rich foods and beverages for a comprehensive healthy diet. Different life stages, dietary preferences, and local culinary structures require diverse dietary approaches. Manufacturers are exploring ways to enhance nutritional content. By transforming specific vitamins into "natural sources" or "rich sources" and enriching food and beverage products with preferred nutritional elements, the industry can provide consumers with their desired vitamin compounds. In this new era, where food serves beyond satiating hunger, MELES allows you to add nutrients to your products. We ensure coordination between your products and consumers' lifecycles, lifestyle choices, or geographical locations. This is to meet the growing demand for whole-food vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Our impactful nutritional element solutions enhance the nutrient content in all food and beverage products. This is done by effectively addressing common food deficiencies and boosting product nutritional density, safeguarding consumer health. Mineral Sources 
MELES produces zinc and iron through patented Koji fermentation processes. These products provide vegetarianfriendly, digestible, bioavailable whole-food minerals, representing breakthrough nutritional solutions in the functional food market. 

Super Fruit - Vitamin C from the Acerola Cherry

Acerola cherry, a super fruit grown in northeastern Brazil, is one of the richest natural sources of vitamin C, phytonutrients, and antioxidants. It is a flagship ingredient in MELES' arsenal. In line with our commitment to sustainability, we partner with local producers to source directly from small-scale farms in Brazil, ensuring precise traceability, meeting environmental management standards, and fulfilling social responsibility. 

Super Grain - β-Glucan from Oats 

Fiber and protein are essential components of a healthy diet. Informed consumers now understand their importance in reducing the risk of various diseases, including high cholesterol and heart disease. For this reason, we use fiberrich and protein-rich plant-based ingredients. One unique nutritional component is β-glucan, sourced from oats. With fewer calories and strong adaptability, it complements products perfectly, demonstrating its health benefits on labels. With high β-glucan content, it slows digestion, lowers cholesterol and blood sugar levels, and promotes gut health. 

Nature's Power

Our aim with MELES is to create a happier and healthier life, closely aligned with our nutritional elements. Rooted in innovation and creativity, and based on natural ingredients, MELES is committed to providing your products with the perfect whole-food nutritional solutions. Combining our taste expertise and comprehensive sensory solutions, we can craft the happiest food experience. This will bring consumers enjoyment, happiness, and peace of mind. 

β-Glucans—Bringing Oat Benefits 

Our unique oat extract offers exceptional nutritional characteristics (high fiber and protein content) and a range of proven natural benefits, such as cholesterol reduction, blood sugar response, and gut health. Our oats are cultivated in Sweden and Finland, using minimal pesticides and herbicides. Processed through proprietary techniques to maintain β-glucan content, it ensures effective health benefits. A superb plant-based component, it enhances the texture and stability of food products. Learn more about health benefits 

Aceli—Simplicity is the Key

Aceli is a highly standardized source of natural vitamin C (up to 34%) derived from sustainably grown acerola cherries in Brazil. Our cherries are handpicked and carefully processed to preserve their naturally high vitamin C content. 
Hence, its extract is rich in vitamin C, requiring only low doses to meet the recommended daily intake. 
It's an ideal choice for dietary supplements and food and beverage products, available in both organic and inorganic forms, with no carriers. Holistic Solution 
Highly professional solutions and technical conditions optimize formula efficacy, maximizing consumer appeal. Holistic solutions combine taste, texture, nutrition, and/or health components, creating value beyond individual ingredients or techniques. 
MELES strives to create consumer-loved and distinct products. In the ever-evolving food, beverage, and nutrition market, we consistently focus on refining product functionality, as we recognize it as a primary driver of consumer preferences. While consumers have increased expectations and demands, deliciousness remains paramount. MELES' holistic solutions are consumer-centric, centered around flavor and texture mastery, encompassing the functional and nutritional aspects consumers seek while addressing the many challenges faced in product development, formulation, and production by clients. 
Value-added solutions require: 
Understanding of customer products, brands, R&D needs, and pain points. 
Consumer-driven factors and preferences. 
Unparalleled natural flavor, texture, nutrition, and health ingredient combinations. 
A suite of tools and techniques to support holistic solutions. 
The integration of these elements requires technology, knowledge, capability, and enthusiasm that together create an unforgettable culinary experience. 
MELES' uniquely multidisciplinary R&D team empowers us to meet your development and operational needs through toptier product offerings and essential tools and capabilities, ultimately delivering value throughout the value chain. Eliminating development and production bottlenecks is MELES' unwavering mission. Let's accelerate your innovation journey together, creating a better, healthier life for your consumers—and making them truly adore it! 

3 Co-creation and Innovation 

Surpassing consumer expectations through collaborative innovation tools and driving factors. 
Innovation is at the core of MELES' enterprise. MELES adopts an end-to-end approach, continuously seeking fresh and engaging methods to meet diverse consumer needs, and helping clients tackle various challenges. 
MELES' primary mission is to grow through co-creation, achieved through close partnerships and trust. Thousands of experts collaborate closely, investigating market changes, exchanging ideas, nurturing upcoming concepts, and finding optimal solutions. Co-Creation 
As consumer expectations rise and demands shift rapidly, being proactive and cooperative emerges as the theme of this competition. In MELES' co-creation approach, the team-client relationship is truly a multi-dimensional mutually beneficial one. Rooted in consumer insights, it focuses on what they like but also what they need. With this foundation, we embark on the development journey together with clients, from research and extensive experiments to production, relying on innovation, expertise, prudence, high precision specifications, and moving forward. We firmly believe that we are stronger as a complete team. Co-creating with MELES leads to adored products among customers and consumers alike. 

Promoting Innovation from Within and Beyond

Our robust R&D tools and program suite benefit from collaborations with technical development teams, medical institutions, and, of course, the inspiration derived from nature. Customers directly benefit from these projects, and we've witnessed the significant value and mutual benefits of building collaborative relationships with customers and external partners. We emphasize front-end innovation. From established startups to suppliers in relevant fields, from academia to alliance groups, MELES' co-creation approach, and innovation spirit thrive on relationships, and it is strengthening. Driven by an entrepreneurial mindset and culinary creativity, MELES Food and Nutrition Division strives to create a new realm of delectable, nutritious delights. With appropriate cooperative strategies, we will seize the opportunity for the future. 

Natural Ingredients

  • Collaborating to Offer Outstanding Health Experiences
MELES' selection of natural materials is rooted in our long-standing exploration and discovery of nature. For us, the natural world is a source of inspiration. 
Our comprehensive approach from natural sourcing to creative solutions is built upon a deep understanding of ingredient selection, natural extraction, and extraction processes. As your natural partner, we are committed to creating food and beverages that inspire consumer senses. We select the finest global ingredients, continually exploring and innovating to provide you with the best natural flavors. 
Enriched Natural Product Portfolio 
Our profound understanding of the food ecosystem and the top-notch solutions we offer enable clients to keep up with evolving consumer demands. As consumers increasingly call for clean, natural ingredients, we constantly strive to expand and improve, offering you the finest natural flavors. 
Consumers desire food and beverages that are both flavorful and healthy. Considering taste, flavor, color, and other factors, our solutions not only meet functional needs but also prioritize nutritional value. Our natural formulas address consumers' cravings for delicious and natural products. 
Through seeking optimal solutions from nature, we have partnered with clients to achieve innovative breakthroughs in the food and beverage industry. By working together, we can fulfill your brand's identity and customer positioning needs. 

Plant-Based Foods 

  • Taking Action in Protein Alternatives
Health and wellness trends have a profound impact on consumer eating habits. While past concerns focused on elements like salt, sugar, and fat that negatively affect the body, today's consumers are more conscious of the health attributes of ingredients, such as nutritional value or sustainability. Protein has become a crucial consideration for many consumers. A study conducted by the Institute of Food Technologists in 2015 revealed that 59% of global consumers actively seek protein-rich foods, particularly from plant-based sources. 
Proteins play various roles in the body, supporting growth, recovery, and overall health. Consumers are increasingly recognizing the functional benefits of plant-based proteins, which are comparable to or even superior to animal-based proteins. 
Consumers are seeking protein alternatives in a variety of food and beverage categories, primarily in non-animal meat alternatives and high-protein nutritional beverages. 
  • Immunity
A robust immune system is the cornerstone of overall health, crucial for consumers and their families. We face daily challenges, and nothing is more important than maintaining health to enjoy life to the fullest. 
  • Gift from Nature, Enhancing Immune Strength 
MELES' natural extracts capture the essence of nature and effectively enhance immune health. With scientifically validated solutions, we ensure the authenticity and reliability of each product's ingredients, taking immune health products to a new level. All extracts are sourced from reliable plants with traceability and comprehensive identification and certification systems. 
  • Purple Coneflower – Traditional Remedy, Scientifically Verified
Native to North America, purple coneflower has been a part of the indigenous medicinal culture for centuries. Today, it is a globally recognized essential material for immune health, with its benefits validated by multiple scientific studies. The purple coneflower used in our products comes from Central and Eastern Europe, sourced exclusively from familiar and trusted local farmers. We extract key plant active compounds from the herb roots to ensure consistently high-quality products. 
  • β- Glucan – Enhancing Immunity through Gut Health Improvement
β-Glucan is present in oat bran, a type of cereal fiber that enhances gut microbiota diversity, fostering a healthier microbial community. Given that 70-80% of the immune system resides in the gut, maintaining a healthy gut microbiota is crucial for immune system health. A high-quality oat bran product rich in βglucan is used to support overall gut health. It's not just a premium oat extract, but also sourced from sustainable oat cultivation practices. The natural structure and high molecular weight of internal βglucan are preserved during the transformation of oat grains into bran, enhancing its effectiveness. 
  • Sake Koji Zinc Iron
The minerals zinc and iron are essential for maintaining the immune system's normal function. MELES' breakthrough zinc and iron are extracted from fermented sake koji through our special process. Japanese sake koji, known as the "miracle mold," is a natural ingredient with over 2000 years of use in Asian cuisines, such as soy sauce, miso, amazake, and sake. 
We offer it in both powder and granule forms, suitable for tablet, capsule, and gel formats. This ensures compliance with labels like non-GMO, kosher, halal, and vegetarian. 
  • Acife – Sustainable Supply Chain Brazilian Needle Cherry Plantation
MELES' Acife comes from vitamin C-rich needle cherries grown on small farms in northeastern Brazil, where biodiversity is heavily emphasized. Agriculture is tightly regulated in the region, prohibiting herbicide use. Crops are traceable back to their source, with 20% of total fields dedicated to preserving local plant species. The needle cherries are hand-picked and delicately processed to retain their natural high vitamin C content, and we continue to develop varieties with even higher vitamin C content. By adding value to needle cherries grown on these farms, we also contribute to local raw material cultivation communities' income. 
  • Immune Health Connected to Relaxation and Good Sleep
MELES research indicates that consumers deal with stress, sleep, and immunity issues. 
In Australia, 19% of consumers enhance immunity through stress reduction. Meanwhile, in Japan, 23% of respondents cite reducing tiredness and fatigue as primary motivators for functional foods. These foods primarily address immune health. This connection is scientifically supported; the Mayo Clinic states that sleep-deprived individuals are more susceptible to illness and typically require longer recovery periods when sick. This is because, during sleep, the immune system releases cells needed to combat inflammation and infections. The increasing focus of consumers on stress relief, mental well-being, and immunity has led to a surge in demand for products and activities that promote relaxation. 
  • Soothing Effects of Plants
Our herbal extracts and infusions series products are ideal complements to relaxation-oriented functional beverages. Western ginseng's adaptogenic properties calm the mind. High-quality, patented Western ginseng extract calms and relaxes. As a potent adaptogen, it offers three positive effects on mental energy: 
energy, relaxation, and cognition, all scientifically validated. 
  • Sweets Balancing Indulgence with Healthy Eating
Sweet nutritional supplements are one of MELES' most extensive and diverse business lines. In recent years, healthy eating has been a focal point in our development in this category. 
MELES is striving to achieve a "holistic concept solution" for sweet nutritional supplements, considering consumer desires to deliver satisfying and healthy delicacies. 
Sweet products encompass a wide range, from baked goods like cookies, crisps, and grains to confections like chewing gum, chocolate, candies, and various processed snacks such as milk powder and nutrition chocolate. Despite the diverse product categories, MELES' focus remains consistent: collaborating with consumers and external partners to create irresistibly delightful and enjoyable products. 
  • Local Footprints
MELES' presence spans the globe, embodying our commitment to always be by our customers' side. Europe serves as a widely dispersed market where we have established six research centers, serving the entire European continent. This is a microcosm of our global layout, as we also have research centers in Asia and North America. Local experts can establish close relationships with their regional and national markets. This extensive coverage is essential for the health supplement category since each country's preferences for nutritional supplements vary significantly, necessitating the development of products that meet local needs. 
 
Nutritional Supplements
Extracting Nature's Essence to Create Safe and Effective Health Products 
Balanced, healthy, and harmonious: these are the key focuses of health-conscious consumers today. MELES' functional food products are precisely designed to meet their needs and offer comprehensive solutions that are both safe and effective. 
 
Aligned with Mainstream Health Trends 
MELES' functional food ingredients are derived from carefully selected plants, validated by scientific research for their genuine benefits to physical well-being. Our experts scour the globe to identify new plant-based components, some familiar to consumers and others at the forefront of botanical science, yet to be widely recognized. 
 
Our chosen extracts cater to prevailing health trends, encompassing immunity, cognition, intimacy, and physical health. All products harness nature's essence to solve common health concerns without the side effects associated with pharmaceuticals. 
  • Clinically Verified or Intuitively Determined: MELES Achieves Both
Many of MELES' nutritional components have undergone extensive and enduring clinical trials. These trials confirm their efficacy surpassing the highest placebo benchmarks and matching the minimum thresholds for medical efficacy, with no long-term latent harm. We have conducted numerous clinical studies, publishing results in peer-reviewed and recognized academic journals. These components span categories from cardiovascular and cognitive health to urinary system wellness. Additionally, our intuitive efficacy has received widespread acclaim, driven by cultural heritage and the long-standing history of traditional medicine, meeting today's mainstream demands for vitality and relaxation. 
  • Let's Create Together
MELES' nutritional supplements are ideal for dietary supplementation, yet we understand that capsules might not suit everyone. Especially among younger consumers, they prefer more pronounced ways to consume nutrients. We introduced ingredient solutions that seamlessly blend into diets. 
With comprehensive co-development capabilities, MELES provides not only beneficial plant-based components but a variety of natural botanical sources to craft exquisite flavors, textures, and color experiences. Our formulation experts are eager to collaborate with you to explore a wide range of consumption experiences. 
  • Open and Trusted
Trust is paramount at MELES, earning us our customers' confidence. Our functional nutritional ingredients, sold with a leading transparent supply chain, boast complete certifications, ensuring the purity of critical active compounds and standardized consistency. To ensure full transparency, our ID packaging allows traceability back to laboratory identification methods. 
Our materials are either cultivated by trusted cooperative farmers or sustainably wild-harvested from natural environments. These ingredients are processed using equipment adhering to stringent safety and quality standards. Sustainability is at the core of MELES' business, taking various measures to manage environmental footprints, thereby benefiting the communities where extraction operations take place. 
Feel free to contact MELES anytime, and let's explore how to develop an entirely original nutritional product that perfectly meets your needs.