Following reports that its fiber-rich wheat ingredient has performed well in its first year in US retail stores, Arista Cereal Technologies (Arista) and Limagrain are marketing a new wheat ingredient in Europe. Largely lacking in Western diets, resistant starch is a fermentable fiber that is more resistant to digestion in the small intestine, reducing the […]
Much like consumers in the sports nutrition category, people who play video games competitively represent a huge base of consumers engaged in an activity which can affect their health and wellness, and which calls for peak performance in competition which could last for hours on end. Recently, a company called Skinz.gg, which reports to be […]
“We continuously improve the nutritional profile of our food and beverages, for instance by reducing sugar, salt and saturated fat or by increasing vegetables, fiber-rich grains, pulses, nuts and seeds, proteins and essentials vitamins,” a spokesperson at Nestlé tells FoodIngredientsFirst. Creating better nutrition through food products demands the reformulation of some foods and new launches […]
Using the outer shell of monk fruit, IBN has formulated an ingredient that makes up more than 70% of daily recommended fiber. Ingredients by Nature (IBN) has launched MonkFiber, a sweet, functional fiber ingredient sourced from the shells of monk fruit. Monk fruit is a small green melon that has been harvested for centuries, most […]
Healy Group, the Ireland-based ingredient supplier, has developed a process to turn cocoa shells – an otherwise under-utilised by-product of cocoa production – into a micronised cocoa fibre that can help with sugar reduction in chocolate. The new ingredient, PrimaFi Cocoa, is a natural, dietary fibre which, when used as a bulking agent, can replace […]
The Smart Mama drink and Smart Mama bar prototypes contain the ingredient Lacprodan MFGM-10—a whey protein concentrate featuring the benefits of milk fat globule membranes (MFGMs). The Smart Mama prototypes offering manufacturers the opportunity to launch a premium functional product into the rapidly growing market for maternal nutrition food and drink products. “During pregnancy and […]
Consumers are paying more attention to the fiber-content of their foods than ever before, as gut health shakes off its stigma for good. Ireland-based CyberColloids discusses this in its report about functionalized fibers. The company is highlighting these as a clean label replacement for hydrocolloids, which are classified as food additives in Europe. Meanwhile, consultancy […]
Global introductions of food and beverage products that use sweet potato as an ingredient, flavour, or more increased by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21% for the period from 2015 to 2018, according to Innova Market Insights. This news comes on the heels of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) just-released Census of […]
Dutch start-up Koupe makes a sugar, fat and calorie-reduced ice cream with added protein and fibre, which founder Jaco Pieper says appeals to “people that love ice cream, and are looking for additional health benefits”. Unlike conventional ice cream, Koupe lists milk, whey protein and a prebiotic fibre polydextrose among its ingredients. “This is how […]
We all know that fiber is good for us, and now University of Illinois (U of I) researchers have added a new reason to consume it, perhaps particularly for older individuals. A study published recently in the journal Frontiers in Immunology that brought together scientists from the university’s neuroscience, nutrition, animal sciences, and kinesiology departments […]
Austrian-headquartered starch supplier Agrana has innovated with the launch of a new organic potato fiber solution, to meet technical and health demands. At HiE 2018, which finishes today in Frankfurt, the company is presenting Agenafiber amid the strong rise of a high fiber fortification trend. Due to its well-developed water-binding properties and texturizing characteristics the […]
Better Juice has developed innovative technology which converts sugars to fibers thereby reducing the load of simple sugars in orange juice. The patent-pending enzymatic technology uses all-natural ingredients to convert monosaccharides and disaccharides (fructose, glucose, and sucrose) into prebiotic and other non-digestible fibers and sugars while keeping the juicy flavor of the beverage. Popular juices, […]
Eight new fibers are now approved for inclusion on the Nutrition Facts label. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, released decisions made on citizen petitions to expand and better define what ingredients fall under the legal definition of “dietary fiber.” When in 2016 FDA unveiled a new definition for dietary fiber […]
Two new research studies, conducted by Professor Gary Frost and his team from Imperial College London, have shown major beneficial effects of BENEO’s chicory root fiber OraftiSynergy1 (oligofructose-enriched inulin) in reducing the risk of diabetes. With approximately 415 million diabetic people worldwide and predictions that these numbers will rise dramatically in the coming years, the […]
