Connected to and helping to drive this interest in the digestive tract is the expanding consumer awareness that having a healthy gut means more than just being regular. The science uncovering the connections between digestive health and both immunity and mental health/well-being has created a generation of tuned-in consumers as well. According to the aforementioned Google analytics, interest in “anxiety and gut health” rose 200%, suggesting that individuals have a growing curiosity about how gut health affects the brain.

Naturex will introduce Engredea visitors to a Heart-Healthy Chipotle Lime & Fire Roasted Vegetable Snack. This is enriched with Naturex’s new Swedish Oatfiber SWEOAT Bran, which delivers oat beta glucans that have an FDA-authorized health claim for coronary heart disease[1]. Demonstrating synergistic opportunities, this snack is enhanced with Naturex’s new range of vegetable powders produced using a high temperature direct flame-roasting technology, which intensifies the flavor of fresh vegetables into sweet, concentrated notes.

BENEO will use this year’s Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany, to celebrate the young company’s 10-year anniversary. Originally launched at FiE 2007 in London, BENEO has since focused on delivering better nutrition and health for people and animals. 

Based on the preliminary positive results of Fibregum, Nexira also has conducted a new study to reinforce and demonstrate all the scientific background of Fibregum as a new natural alternative to protect the gut barrier.

Solvaira Specialties has begun offering VIDOFIBRES BF Sugar Beet Fiber products, according to an agreement with UNIPEKTIN Ingredients AG of Switzerland. Terms name Solvaira as exclusive distributor of VIDOFIBRES BF in the US, Canada and Mexico.

ADM/Matsutani LLC used SupplySide West to showcase Fibersol®, the premier line of soluble dietary fiber ingredients. Fibersol ingredients can help product developers create new and improved food, beverage and supplement products while increasing fiber content, reducing sugar and/or calories, adding health benefits. 

Sensus, the chicory root fiber specialist, announced today that its Frutafit® and Frutalose® products have been Non-GMO Project Verified in the United States. 

Consumers are now regularly exposed to the idea of a dietary approach targeting the microbiome. Increasingly, they are becoming aware that the maintenance of digestive health can be the path to an improved state of health and well-being.

ADM/Matsutani LLC used the 2017 Institute of Food Technologists Expo (IFT17) to showcase its Fibersol® line of soluble dietary fiber ingredients. Fibersol ingredients help product developers create new and improved food and beverage products while they increase fiber content, reduce sugar and/or calories, meet a variety of label claims—and more. 

Less than a third of US adults eat the recommended 3-ounce servings of grain foods a day.