Jaraguá do Sul, December 2024 – For the third consecutive year, Duas Rodas won recognition at the Nutrition Intelligence Manufacturing Award 2024, during an event held in Guangzhou, China. This year’s highlight was in the Innovator Solution category with the 100% Carrier Free Yerba Mate Extract.
Promoted by New Nutrition, a news portal focused on the nutritional food and beverage and supplement industry, the Innovation Award recognized outstanding products in 10 categories.
Made from selected Yerba Mate leaves and standardized in polyphenols, chlorogenic acids, and caffeine, the extract is suitable for applications with benefits such as weight control, increased energy, cognitive support, among others. The solution is part of the Fruittion Botanicals portfolio, which offers the food, beverage, and nutraceutical market a variety of powdered and liquid extracts of fruits and plants typical of Latin America, such as Acerola, Açaí, Yerba Mate, Guarana, Coffee Cherry, Guayusa, among others.
“As New Nutrition is a media portal for the nutritional food and beverage and supplement industry, it reaches professionals who work in this market, including suppliers, distributors and customers. Participating in this event is a good opportunity to promote our company and product portfolio. The award is an important achievement that will help promote our Yerba Mate Extract, as well as increase our brand presence as an innovative company and specialist in this ingredient”, says Melody Lu, Product Manager at Duas Rodas China.
Melody highlights that Duas Rodas has been producing Yerba Mate ingredients since the 1940s, which reinforces its position as a specialist in the market. “Our Yerba Mate extract is indicated for use in products such as beverages, sachets, and gummies. With the Olympic Games and the European Cup taking place this year, Yerba Mate has become more interesting to consumers, based on the greater publicity of its consumption by South American soccer stars. Furthermore, the 100% carrier free extract is also a great alternative for a clean label claim”, adds Melody.
In previous editions of the Innovation Award, Duas Rodas won recognition in the “New Plant Power” category. In 2023, the highlight was Vitamin-Ace™40, an acerola extract standardized in 40% natural Vitamin C, exclusive globally.
ABOUT DUAS RODAS
Duas Rodas, founded in 1925 in Jaraguá do Sul (SC) by the German couple Hildegard and Rudolph Hufenüssler, is one of the largest manufacturers of flavors, extracts and ingredients for the food and beverage industry. Leader in several segments in Brazil and Latin America, it is present with its flavors, textures and colors in most of the foods consumed by the Brazilian population. With headquarters in Santa Catarina, it has six factories, three in Brazil and three in other Latin American countries (Mexico, Chile and Colombia), six R&D centers, as well as commercial offices in the United States and China and an Advanced Innovation and Logistics Center in Europe. It employs about 1,700 people and produces more than three thousand items divided into three markets: Flavors (flavors, botanical extracts, condiments and additives, in addition to integrated solutions), Food Service (where it operates with the Selecta, Specialitá and Mix brands in the manufacture of ingredients for ice cream, chocolates and confectionery) and Animal Nutrition. The company has a team of more than 200 professionals, including highly specialized engineers and technicians, who develop proprietary solutions for both the production process and the creation of new products, often in partnership with customers. Key technologies used for innovation include artificial intelligence and big data – both as tools to improve efficiency and to monitor consumer behavior.
