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GLOBAL provider of food ingredients and solutions Tate & Lyle has revamped its website to highlight its strength in fiber fortification.
Food and beverage manufacturers who wish to incorporate fiber in their products will find the website to be a useful source of nutritional information, consumer research and in-depth application insights. It also explains the company’s extensive portfolio and solutions including PROMITOR® Soluble Fibre, PromOat® Beta Glucan and STA-LITE® Polydextrose. The site also addresses challenges in fortication.
Fruit yoghurt becomes a high-fiber treat with the addition of PROMITOR™ Soluble Gluco Fibre (Photo: Tate & Lyle)
“Consumers around the world are not getting enough fiber in their diets,” said Nancy Gaul, Senior Category Marketing Manager, Health and Wellness, Tate & Lyle. “This represents a major opportunity for food and beverage manufacturers to respond by providing great-tasting fiber-fortified products. Tate & Lyle has a unique range of fibers and deep formulation expertise, and we are excited to work with our customers to help them bring extraordinary products to market.”
Healthier and tastier options
Research shows that more than half of consumers globally want to add more fiber to their diets1. Fiber aids in digestive health, and have functional attributes that can help meet consumer demand for other nutrition claims, such as ‘reduced sugar’ and ‘low calorie’.
“In today’s food and beverage marketplace, manufacturers are wading through an ever-changing tide of consumer demand for healthier and tastier options,” said Courtney Kingery, Director, Global Product Management, Health and Wellness, Tate & Lyle. “Consumers are looking for options that offer digestive health benefits, include fewer calories from sugar, cleaner labels and the list goes on. Fibers can actually help manufacturers meet all of these needs.”
Easy fiber formulation
The website addresses challenges that food and beverage manufacturers are likely to encounter with fiber fortification. The following resources are available to them:
• ‘Innovative Solutions to Increase Fiber Intake and Promote Health’ provides manufacturers with research and information on science-based ingredient solutions to help bridge the fiber intake gap.
• ‘Unlock the Benefits of Fiber Like Never Before’ provides criteria to use when selecting a fiber, to ensure that manufacturers are delivering on the taste and sensory experience their consumers expect.
• ‘Fiber Fortification Challenge’ looks at the strengths of soluble corn fiber, including the functional benefits and digestive tolerance levels.
• Finally, ‘Beverages Made Better with Oat Beta Glucan’ covers key considerations when formulating with oat beta glucan in beverages.
Ice cream can be improved with STA-LITE® Polydextrose which is ideal for calorie reduction and sugar-free application (Photo: Tate & Lyle)
Portfolio of fiber solutions
Furthermore, food and beverage manufacturers can access information on the following fiber solutions from Tate and Lyle:
PROMITOR® Soluble Fibre unlocks superior digestive tolerance in high-fiber and sugar-reduced products, while maintaining sensory expectations and ease of use. In fact, research shows that PROMITOR® Soluble Fiber has more than two times the digestive tolerance of inulin2. PROMITOR® Soluble Fiber is easily incorporated into a variety of applications, including beverages, confections, bars, cereal, meal replacements, yoghurt, ice cream, bakery, dressings and sauces.
PromOat® Beta Glucan unlocks a natural fiber from oats with superior solubility3 that helps maintain healthy cholesterol levels. PromOat® Beta Glucan is developed from non-genetically modified (GM) Swedish oats, with no chemicals added during processing, and may be suitable to help create gluten-free4, cleaner-label and reduced-fat/-calorie products. Its exceptional solubility makes PromOat® Beta Glucan ideal in beverages such as smoothies, where it also contributes to indulgent mouthfeel and smooth texture. In addition, it can be easily incorporated in a variety of other applications, including bakery products, supplements, meal replacements, soups and sauces.
STA-LITE® Polydextrose unlocks calorie reduction, while enabling significant fiber enrichment and ease of use for manufacturers. It helps reduce calories by rebalancing bulk, viscosity and mouthfeel in reduced-sugar/-fat product formulations and is ideal for calorie reduction and sugar-free applications. STA-LITE® Polydextrose is easily incorporated into a variety of applications, including bakery, dairy, confectionery, beverages, sauces and dressing.
References:
1. GfK Roper Reports, 2010; 36,183 global participants: Here is a list of food types. For each, please indicate whether you try to actively include it in your diet, you try to minimise or avoid it, or you are not concerned about it? E. Foods that are high in fiber.
2. Housez B et al., ‘Evaluation of digestive tolerance of a soluble corn fiber’. J Hum Nutr Diet 2012, 25:488. Grabitske HA, Slavin JL: ‘Gastrointestinal effects of low-digestible carbohydrates’. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2009, 49:327.
3. Amongst leading oat beta glucan suppliers.
4. Dependent on local regulations and usage levels.