Discover how Global Meals transforms rice bran into a super-ingredient. AgrifoodTech innovation that boosts nutrition, sustainability, and the future of food.
AgrifoodTech: Food Innovation with Rice Bran
At Global Meals SAS BIC, we don't just develop food.
We design the future of nutrition.
We are an innovation and new product development factory for leading brands. For over 10 years, we have pioneered the development of Gluten-Free flours and mixes, paving the way in a category that today defines global conscious eating trends.
But our vision goes beyond the market.
BIC Company: Innovation with Purpose
As a Benefit and Collective Interest (BIC) company, we work on three fundamental pillars:
- Economic development
- Social impact
- Environmental sustainability
We believe that food innovation must generate shared value and real solutions for humanity.
Applied Science to Creativity
Our technical team is comprised of chemical, agro-food, and food engineers, and regulatory specialists, with extraordinary skills to transform a vision or customer expectation into a functional, scalable, and differentiating food product.
We add value through our deep knowledge of ingredients.
We understand the individual and collective behavior of each component and its impact on:
Proportionality
Cause and effect
Texture
Functionality
Bioavailability
Food security
We work with:
Alternative pure proteins
Functional fibers
Optimized flours
Amino acids
Adaptogens
Vegetables and fruits
Spices
Nuts
Neuroprotectors and neurotransmitters
We don't formulate products. We design solutions.
Our 4 Lines of Innovation
Gluten-Free Baking Mixes
Superior textures, technical stability, and demanding sensory profiles.
Instant Drinks
From functional oats to bioactive frappés.
Food Security
Technical development and process control with an industrial focus.
Plant-Based Foods
Creole soups with textured protein, hyperprotein drinks, 300% protein burger mixes and more.
Revaluation of Agricultural By-products: The Case of Rice Bran
One of our greatest AgriFoodTech breakthroughs stems from a powerful question:
How do you transform an agricultural byproduct into a functional super-ingredient?
In partnership with the rice industry leader ARROCERA LA ESMERALDA (Arroz Blanquita), we identified an extraordinary opportunity.
This company produces approximately 10,000 tons of rice bran annually, currently destined for the livestock sector due to the presence of an enzyme that prevented its use in human food.
However, rice bran is nutritionally exceptional:
- 20% unsaturated fat
- 13% protein
- 25% fiber
A true superfood.
Our technical team, along with the Blanquita team, developed a process to remove the limiting enzyme, converting the bran into a Food Grade ingredient, suitable for the food industry.
🔬 Engineering + Algorithms = Nutritional Innovation
Our engineering team developed a proprietary algorithm that allowed us to create a baking core enriched with the nutrients of rice bran.
The result:
A solution that adds real nutrition to the Colombian baking sector, optimizing ingredients and generating a positive environmental impact by revaluing an agricultural byproduct.
This is not just innovation.
It's circular economy applied to food.
AgrifoodTech Award
Thanks to this development, Global Meals was awarded the AgrifoodTech prize by REDDI Colombia, a technological development agency that promotes business growth and the innovative ecosystem.
The award validates our ability to demonstrate that rice bran can become a strategic ingredient of high nutritional value for the food industry.
We dream of developing food solutions that guarantee the nutrition of humanity.
We believe that the future is not just about producing more food, but about producing better, with science, sustainability, and purpose.
At Global Meals, innovation is not a trend.
It is a responsibility.