BENEO Focused on Healthier Snacks
06.23.17
Company to highlight natural, clean label solutions.
Booth 4023
BENEO will focus on healthier snacks at IFT17 Booth 4023, where visitors will learn how small bites to eat throughout the day can be made healthier to be in in tune with today’s consumer requirements.
Under its show theme “A Better Day with BENEO,” solutions for healthier snacks will be presented that are natural, clean label and respond to current consumer trends. These include sugar replacement, a healthy weight, the microbiome (digestive health) as well as improved energy supply. With a versatile portfolio of ingredients from nature, BENEO helps to improve a snack’s nutritional profile and add proven health benefits.
Research shows that snacks have taken center stage in consumers’ preferences. Ninety percent of consumers eat multiple times a day and 7% say they forego meals altogether in favor of all-day snacking (Hartman Group, 2013). Additionally, every third U.S. consumer experiences fatigue, particularly in the morning and afternoon, and relies on in-between-meals to bridge that energy gap to maintain optimal function during the day (Ipsos Research 2016). Consumers are also concerned about artificial ingredients contained in many food products.
“Many U.S. consumers today, particularly millennials, are tending to skip meals completely in favor of snacking all day,” said Jon Peters, president of BENEO Inc. “They are looking for fast and healthy options that contain benefits beyond just basic nutrition to help sustain their busy lifestyles. This means foods that deliver a beneficial impact on weight and energy management as well as digestive health.”
By replacing high glycemic sugars, BENEO’s all-natural prebiotic chicory fiber and the slow-release carbohydrate Palatinose (isomaltulose) help support a healthier metabolism, which effectively supports weight management.
Including chicory root fiber in snack products helps to cut sugar and calories but also adds a valuable source of prebiotic fiber that beneficially influences gut microbiota composition and improves overall well-being. Consumers associate digestive health, regularity and feeling fuller for longer as the main benefits provided by fiber.
For athletes as well as consumers with busy lifestyles and multiple demands from jobs, households and family lives, BENEO’s Palatinose offers characteristics that matter: Palatinose is a slow-release carbohydrate that provides full energy in a sustained way and promotes fat burning during physical activity. Its generic name is isomaltulose that occurs naturally in honey. Palatinose itself is derived from non-GMO sugar beet. By replacing high glycemic sugars, it makes snack products such as bakery, cereals, beverages or confectionery healthier.
BENEO’s portfolio of clean label rice starches has proven successful as a texturizer in versatile applications such as bakery, confectionery, dairy, convenience foods, and gluten-free applications. For example, BENEO’s new native rice starch Remypure confirmed its high performance in products, which are processed under demanding conditions including soups and sauces, fruit preparations or desserts.
Visitors to BENEO’s Booth 4023 will enjoy a nutritious low sugar, high fiber and protein bar from the U.S. company NuGo Nutrition. NuGo Slim has a low glycemic index of 24. This is the lowest tested and published glycemic index of any low sugar or sugar-free protein bar. Sweetened only with BENEO’s chicory root fiber (no maltitol or artificial sweeteners) and coated in dark chocolate, NuGo Slim helps keep blood sugar steady and supports weight management efforts, according to BENEO.
BENEO will focus on healthier snacks at IFT17 Booth 4023, where visitors will learn how small bites to eat throughout the day can be made healthier to be in in tune with today’s consumer requirements.
Under its show theme “A Better Day with BENEO,” solutions for healthier snacks will be presented that are natural, clean label and respond to current consumer trends. These include sugar replacement, a healthy weight, the microbiome (digestive health) as well as improved energy supply. With a versatile portfolio of ingredients from nature, BENEO helps to improve a snack’s nutritional profile and add proven health benefits.
Research shows that snacks have taken center stage in consumers’ preferences. Ninety percent of consumers eat multiple times a day and 7% say they forego meals altogether in favor of all-day snacking (Hartman Group, 2013). Additionally, every third U.S. consumer experiences fatigue, particularly in the morning and afternoon, and relies on in-between-meals to bridge that energy gap to maintain optimal function during the day (Ipsos Research 2016). Consumers are also concerned about artificial ingredients contained in many food products.
“Many U.S. consumers today, particularly millennials, are tending to skip meals completely in favor of snacking all day,” said Jon Peters, president of BENEO Inc. “They are looking for fast and healthy options that contain benefits beyond just basic nutrition to help sustain their busy lifestyles. This means foods that deliver a beneficial impact on weight and energy management as well as digestive health.”
By replacing high glycemic sugars, BENEO’s all-natural prebiotic chicory fiber and the slow-release carbohydrate Palatinose (isomaltulose) help support a healthier metabolism, which effectively supports weight management.
Including chicory root fiber in snack products helps to cut sugar and calories but also adds a valuable source of prebiotic fiber that beneficially influences gut microbiota composition and improves overall well-being. Consumers associate digestive health, regularity and feeling fuller for longer as the main benefits provided by fiber.
For athletes as well as consumers with busy lifestyles and multiple demands from jobs, households and family lives, BENEO’s Palatinose offers characteristics that matter: Palatinose is a slow-release carbohydrate that provides full energy in a sustained way and promotes fat burning during physical activity. Its generic name is isomaltulose that occurs naturally in honey. Palatinose itself is derived from non-GMO sugar beet. By replacing high glycemic sugars, it makes snack products such as bakery, cereals, beverages or confectionery healthier.
BENEO’s portfolio of clean label rice starches has proven successful as a texturizer in versatile applications such as bakery, confectionery, dairy, convenience foods, and gluten-free applications. For example, BENEO’s new native rice starch Remypure confirmed its high performance in products, which are processed under demanding conditions including soups and sauces, fruit preparations or desserts.
Visitors to BENEO’s Booth 4023 will enjoy a nutritious low sugar, high fiber and protein bar from the U.S. company NuGo Nutrition. NuGo Slim has a low glycemic index of 24. This is the lowest tested and published glycemic index of any low sugar or sugar-free protein bar. Sweetened only with BENEO’s chicory root fiber (no maltitol or artificial sweeteners) and coated in dark chocolate, NuGo Slim helps keep blood sugar steady and supports weight management efforts, according to BENEO.
