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Chocolate & candy

ECOTROPHELIA UNITED KINGDOM 2018 - SILVER

FabaMallow

UNITED KINGDOM - 2018

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A luxury, vegan and eco-friendly marshmallow, made from aquafaba and apples, coated in dark chocolate.

FabaMallow is a premium, vegan marshmallow that is made in a traditional way with some not-so-traditional ingredients. Its key attributes are that it is vegan, gluten free and nut free. It is a product that fills a gap in the market for indulgent, free-from confectionery. The products innovation comes from its ingredients. Made with aquafaba and apple puree, the product makes use of both food waste, food by-products and is eco-friendly. Aquafaba is whipped up with xanthan gum to create the base for the mallow. Apple puree is used to replace part of the water content to create a flavourful syrup with sugar, agar and locust bean gum. This is mixed into the fluffy aquafaba creating a marshmallow that is light and flavourful, interspersed with chunks of apple chips for texture and finished with a coat of rich dark chocolate. The product will be sold as bite-size cubes in an 85g packet, retailing at £3.49. The packaging is completely recyclable further adding to the eco-friendly nature of this product. FabaMallow is intended for sale as an ambient, luxury, confectionery item to the general population, with a specific interest in free-from consumers.