Caroline

Zimmer

Managing director of E.V.A. GmbH (Simply V)

Graduate dairy engineer and graduate industrial engineer, state-approvedalternative practitioner and trained Qigong teacher - Caroline Zimmer could work in many areas. In fact, she is the managing director of E.V.A. GmbH, aa young company in the Allgäu region of Germany that produces Simply V, a cheese alternative that has its launch in 2015, has shaken up the market and leads it unchallenged.The idea that things can be rethought has always fascinated the northern German-born always fascinated her. And that's exactly what she has done: she has rethought cheese and left her "trained" job as a dairy engineer with her passion for Simply V combined. This initially resulted in a cream cheese alternative, Simply V Spreadable Delight. This was soon followed by the gourmet slices, and today the and pasta enjoyment, shepherd's delight and grill & pan enjoyment as well as the fresh enjoyment in the refrigerated shelves. The fact that a cheese alternative is produced in the Allgäu, of all places, a traditional cheese region, fits in with the claim that Caroline Zimmer places on Simply V. makes: The products must taste as delicious as cheese and be just as easy to use and can be used in the same way. That's what they do, and that's why they keep winning awards, by consumers as well as by trained palates. Almost all Simply V products have won awards, some of them several times. This also applies to the latest product launch, the Simply V Grill & Pan Delight, which was awarded the Vegan Food Award as well as the Superior Taste Award. Not only the products, but also the company and its managing director find again and again acknowledgment. Thus Caroline room was recently of the US American Tycoon Business magazine as one of the "10 Most Successful businesswomen 2022" and for the Rundschau für den Lebensmittelhandel she was one of the she was one of the "50 Minds of the Year" in 2020. In 2019, E.V.A. GmbH received the German Excellence Award in the category "Products B2C."The company's location in the Allgäu region accommodates another passion of Caroline Zimmer. She loves the mountains and enjoys the proximity to France and Italy.

My Session

My Sessions

Virtual New Food Conference, 
New Food Conference Cologne, 
Virtual New Food Invest, 
Day 2
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2:55 pm
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3:15 pm
Plant-based cheese: is it still a niche market or a promising growth area in the industry?
Development, experience and perspectives
Virtual New Food Invest, 
Virtual New Food Conference, 
New Food Conference Cologne, 
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Virtual New Food Invest, 
Virtual New Food Conference, 
New Food Conference Cologne, 
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Virtual New Food Invest, 
Virtual New Food Conference, 
New Food Conference Cologne, 
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