West Palm Beach, Florida (11 March of 2024) – A tagatose, a monosaccharide that has gained popularity for its ability to meet calorie reduction goals without compromising taste, the texture or function, is now the first sweetener to achieve NutraStrong™ Prebiotic Verified certification.
A Bonumose, Inc., tagatose producer, e a ASR Group, your distributor, are proud to announce that tagatose is also the first ingredient to achieve this prebiotic certification. This approval establishes tagatose as an ideal ingredient for food industries, of beverages and nutritional products seeking sweetener solutions that satisfy consumer demand for functional, low-calorie products.
With increasing global interest in improving gastrointestinal health, Demand for prebiotics is increasing due to the important role they play in promoting beneficial gut bacteria and digestive health. According to Innova Market Insights, launches of new products with prebiotic ingredients registered a CAGR of 6% in between 2017-2023.
“Today’s consumers want their food and drinks to work harder for them, So it doesn’t surprise us that they look for prebiotic ingredients.”, said Karen Weikel, Ph.D., Director of Nutrition Science at Bonumose. “Tagatose is a revolutionary product, because for the first time, we can offer food industries a sweetener that provides prebiotic benefits, maintaining the sweetness consumers want.
Tagatose becomes the first sweetener and ingredient to achieve NutraStrong™ Prebiotic Verified certification PRESS RELEASE Tagatose becomes the first sweetener and ingredient to achieve NutraStrong™ Prebiotic Verified certification, an industry-wide program that classifies products using important, specific standards for each product category.
These standards establish a baseline for quality and testing to ensure the market is providing customers, quality prebiotic products. “Bonumose’s commitment to the quality and science necessary for prebiotic certification serves as an example for the industry”, Say Kevin Yan, Vice President of Certifications and Analytics at SGS Nutrasource, the company that administers NutraStrong™ certification.
“By becoming a certified ingredient, Bonumose gained access to the Prebiotic Certification program (Prebiotic Certified) for all products that use your tagatose. This access gives brands the ability to certify and promote their own use of tagatose, highlighting the benefits of these quality ingredients.”
“The Global Prebiotic Association’s goal when it designed the Prebiotic Verified program as part of the NutraStrong™ program was to create a distinction for suppliers and brands with proven prebiotic products – those who invested in quality and science and those who made intelligent formulations,” afirmou Len Monheit, Executive Director of the Global Prebiotic Association.
“We are really excited that the program’s inaugural ingredient is tagatose and that the NutraStrong™ Prebiotic Verified program now includes an ingredient that brands can leverage.” The prebiotic properties of tagatose are just one of the many benefits provided to manufacturers. Compared to sucrose, I possessed a tagatose 90% of its sweet power, however with 60% less calories.
Has a similar taste and performance to sucrose in a wide variety of applications. As it has a low glycemic index of 3 kcal, tagatose does not increase blood glucose levels when consumed alone.
It also has cytogenic certification, Non-GMO project verification and plant-based certification. “We believe it is important to provide manufacturers with a variety of sweeteners to meet all their needs”, says Jim Kappas, Vice President of Specialty Ingredients at ASR Group.
Tagatose is a suitable solution for those manufacturers looking to add value to each calorie through ingredients that taste great and provide functional benefits.”. Barentz will represent ASR Group at NIS 2024, in the days 23 e 24 April in São Paulo. Those interested in learning about the benefits of tagatose and our proposals for its application can visit Barentz at the stand #5-10.
For more information about tagatosis, visit http://www.tagatose.com. Customers can request tagatose samples through this online form.
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