INSIGHT E-NEWSLETTER
2026 Ed. 2
EN / DE
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The Emsland Group is entering the wet pet food market with Empet® SmartBind — a versatile, starch-based solution for wet dog and cat food.
Designed to replace hydrocolloids such as carrageenan, Empet® SmartBind enables a wide range of textures while supporting cleaner labels, simplified formulations, and reliable performance at competitive cost — aligned with evolving consumer expectations.
One solution. Full texture coverage. Ready for the future of pet food.
Innovation doesn’t happen in isolation — it happens when market understanding meets real-world application.
Our innovation process is built to connect these two, supported by an upgraded pilot plant that bridges the gap between lab development and industrial production under realistic conditions. We transform raw materials into high-performing functional ingredients, validate them under production-like parameters, and test them thoroughly in relevant applications to ensure reliable performance in practice.
By combining technical expertise, advanced equipment and global market insight from our teams around the world, we create solutions that are practical, scalable and ready to perform in real production.
Clean Label Made Practical
With our comprehensive clean label portfolio, we support manufacturers in replacing ingredients with E-numbers across a wide range of food applications — without compromising on performance, texture, or taste.
Developed by our experienced application experts, these tailored concepts demonstrate how functional plant-based solutions can deliver the desired product qualities while enabling simpler, more consumer-friendly ingredient lists.