Specialist in vegetarian and vegan products

Schouten offers tailor-made solutions for:

Retailers and their private label

Increase plant-based fair share? Want to know where opportunities lie? Want to optimise your private label assortment?

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Name Brands

Producer for retail? Do you want to translate your idea or concept into a concrete product? We are specialists in product development, production, and packaging.

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Food service

Do you supply company restaurants, school canteens, or hospitals? Looking for an attractive plant-based offer? Or are you looking for a specific product?

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Quick Service Restaurants

Do you want to have your idea for a plant-based product developed by our dedicated QSR team? We think along with you, inspire you and develop 100% tailor-made.

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Food Manufacturing Industry

Looking for that one plant-based product to use in meals, soups, salads or on a pizza?

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Quality, food safety, and delivery reliability

Schouten is certified according to the globally recognized GSFI. Our products are produced in certified production sites that meet the highest quality requirements. We are also AEO-certified.

How we guarantee quality

With our careful selection procedure for suppliers of raw materials, packaging and materials, for example, we guarantee the quality, authenticity and food safety of all vega and vegan products that we supply to you.

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Up to date with the latest news?

We regularly send updates on the latest developments in the market. These updates are made based on various sources such as, Circana and Innova Market Insights. Read the August 2024 update here.

Read the August 2024 update here

we strive for social development and equality in the society

“I expect, no, I know, that the experienced and new generation of Schouten will continue to surprise us with plant-based delicacies. This makes it easy for all world citizens to start or continue to eat a more plant-based diet”

Jeroen Willemsen | National Protein Commissioner of the Netherlands.

Client Cases

QiZiNi: “We are already adding Schouten’s mini-falafel to four veggie wraps.”

In 2011, Greencore Nederland and Johma Sandwiches joined together to form QiZiNi. Over the years, the ‘friendly food company’ became a major convenience food player. Their rolls, sandwiches and convenience meals find their way to consumers through private labels and their own brands. Product Development Manager René van Vulpen went looking for a mini-falafel that Schouten could supply to respond to customer demand for a new veggie wrap. Schouten could provide those. René talks about a very successful process.
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Colruyt is making the switch to sustainable packaging with the help of Schouten

Sustainable packaging is no longer just a ‘nice to have’; it’s now a real ‘must-have’. That’s why Colruyt has asked Schouten to package their plant-based products more sustainably from now on. A label has replaced the cardboard sleeve, and the tray is now 100% recyclable. Curious what we can do for you? Read the client case study for Colruyt, they already preceded you.
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Marley Spoon: “It is a pleasure to work with Schouten’s tofu block”

The home-delivered meal box is becoming increasingly popular. They have also noticed this at Marley Spoon. Every week, around 30,000 meal boxes are sent to customers in the Netherlands who choose from thirty delicious recipes, of which seven are already vegetarian. Schouten recently began supplying the vegan tofu in the boxes. Category manager Marijn ter Horst of Marley Spoon talks about choosing Schouten and the success of the formula.
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De Menken Keuken selects Vegan Green Tuna for Albert Heijn

After testing and tasting, the Menken Keuken opts for the vegan Green Tuna from Schouten. With this, De Menken Keuken now produces one of the more successful product innovations for Albert Heijn: The vegan tuna salad.

Discover why Menken chose Schouten’s Vegan Green Tuna.
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German food service giant chooses Schouten

Schouten optimised various products from the customer’s existing assortment for Germany’s largest food service group. Recipes were further developed – to reduce salt, for example – and some products were counter-typed. The successful optimisation prompted the German group to also use us for translating kitchen recipes into scalable recipes. Read more about this tasty and inspiring collaboration.
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The vegetarian cooking sauce by Larco Foods

Larco Foods, operators in retail, food service and industry, also became aware of the shift towards reduced meat consumption. They were approached by a Dutch retailer to develop a vegetarian cooking sauce. Larco Foods asked Schouten for advice to determine which vegetarian ingredients would be suitable for the sauce. With a successful outcome!
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A more sustainable alternative in food service

In addition to non-food products, this client also sells various food products throughout the world. Sustainability is important to them, but, until recently, they also sold a large number of meat products. For this reason, it was decided to adapt the menu and to offer more vegetarian options. Everything within this range had to contain as few allergens as possible.

Together we retreated to the kitchen to test and refine different recipes. The result: various successful products and more products in the pipeline.
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Product development for a worldwide A-brand

Over the past few years, the market for plant-based protein has grown considerably. Ever-increasing numbers of consumers are searching for an alternative to meat. This client operates worldwide and produces various A-brand products. The client intends to introduce a distinctive vegetarian product range to the European retail market. The meatballs, sausages and burgers are legume-based products. The client had already conceived a number of tasty concepts. We industrialise these recipes with some modifications here and there. A culinary product is, after all, not automatically suitable for development on a large scale.
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