Recipes that are tailor-made for your success
Tailor-made recipes
Recipes that are tailor-made for your success
At Schouten, we love developing customised plant-based products that perfectly match your company, market, and brand image. Share your ideas or specific customer wishes with us. Tell us what nutritional values and preparation and storage requirements your product must meet. And don’t forget to include your commercial and price expectations. With over 30 years of experience in plant-based products and three R&D teams, it is our pleasure to build a sustainable bestseller together with you.
This is how we ensure a successful, customised plant-based products product:
Your briefing is our starting point
A dedicated team for the QSR and food service market
All the knowledge you need for your product
Your success is what drives us
Fast turnaround times
Your briefing is our starting point
We are happy to take care of the entire development process for you. Do you already have an idea for a recipe, product, or marketing strategy? Do you want a new and improved version of an existing product? We are also ready to make this happen. Your briefing is our starting point. But we also like to think with you and make suggestions. If something is not possible, we will be honest. And we will always surprise you with new solutions.
A dedicated team for the QSR and food service market
Being able to switch tracks quickly with a dedicated customer team that thoroughly understands customer needs in your market. That is what you can expect from us. Our dedicated team for QSR and food service includes a project manager, the Tailor Made R&D team, QA/QC specialists, and a sales manager.
Our expert Coen is happy to help
Looking for plant-based ingredients or semi-finished products that fit your recipe, production process and end product? Schouten thinks along with you about taste, texture, application and customisation.
Our industry team combines product knowledge with R&D expertise and helps you move from idea to a practical solution for your product development.
All the knowledge you need for your product
Our team has a wealth of knowledge in the field of ingredients and nutritional value, production techniques, food safety, national and international legislation, consumer insights, and market trends. We are happy to put that knowledge to work for your product.
Your success is what drives us
In addition to their expertise and know-how, our dedicated team is best known for their tremendous drive. We stick to our agreements and keep going until we have developed a product that meets your product requirements, taste expectations, and marketing ideas.
Fast turnaround times
Of course, you want to be able to market your custom product as quickly as possible. Thanks to tightly organised internal processes and an external network of production partners, we guarantee a short time-to-market. Fast does not mean careless: Your project manager involves you in all phases of the development process.
Customer case study: vegan balls go global
For a large international QSR chain, we developed plant-based meatballs that were intended as a component in their meals. However, the product was so successful that it has now also gained a permanent place in their retail activities.
What do our customers say?
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“Schouten is proactive when it comes to product improvement and is focused on both product quality and efficiency. They listened to our concerns, acted by investing significantly in the right areas and have given us confidence in their abilities.”
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“Schouten has been producing various products for us for several years now. Recently, a number of products have been added to this. Deliveries of orders always go according to agreement.”
International Foodservice Company
