Galactomannan-PHGG——New Trend of Dietary Fiber Raw Materials

What is Galactomannan-PHGG

Galactomannan is a prebiotic with high solubility, high stability, and can be highly fermented and utilized by intestinal flora obtained after hydrolysis of guar beans as raw material. The short-chain fatty acid (butyric acid) obtained by fermentation is Nutrient composition of intestinal villi, thus having prebiotic properties.

Galactomannan is a new type of functional dietary fiber raw material, which can be used as a food additive for ordinary food and as a nutritional fortifier for special medical food.

From guar to PHGG: the past and present of galactomannans

First up is the guar:
Native to the fringes of the western desert of the Indo-Pakistani subcontinent, it is an annual upright herb of the genus Guar of the legume family. Its seeds contain 26% protein and a small amount of fat, have a balanced and comprehensive amino acid composition, and are rich in nutrients.

Then there's guar gum:
Guar gum is made by removing the outermost seed coat, innermost embryo and cotyledons of guar beans, and then processing the middle layer of endosperm (mainly containing galactomannan). Guar gum is a macromolecular natural hydrophilic colloid, belongs to natural galactomannan, and is a natural thickener and quality improver.

And finally PHGG:
The macromolecular raw materials are accurately and stably degraded to the small molecule PHGG products we need, and the main component is galactomannan.

Galactomannan-PHGG has significant efficacy

01 Improve intestinal microbial balance and increase beneficial bacteria in the intestine

The team of Dr. Yanchun Yao from Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences studied the effect of dietary fiber on intestinal function through mouse experiments and found that after adding a certain amount of galactomannan to the diet of mice, the intestinal acetic acid, C The content of acid, butyric acid and lactic acid was significantly increased, and short-chain fatty acids were the most important source of nutrition for intestinal villi cells.

02 Control postprandial blood sugar level and improve the status of high GI diet
Tracking and monitoring the normal postprandial glycemic index of 10 healthy adults found that consumption of galactomannan can effectively reduce the postprandial blood glucose rise.

03 Ingestion of galactomannan can effectively increase the intake of iron and magnesium, and promote the absorption of minerals
Most dietary fibers limit the absorption of certain vitamins and minerals, whereas galactomannans promote calcium and magnesium absorption in rats.

04 The use of galactomannan is good, does not cause flatulence or diarrhea, and can effectively improve constipation and diarrhea

The experimental population is divided into 4 groups, namely: normal group (control), diarrhea-type IBS, interactive IBS, constipation-type IBS, IBS patients eat galactomannan (10g/d), normal group do not eat, record initial Defecation in week, fourth, eighth, and twelfth week.

Experiments have shown that galactomannan has the effect of improving defecation in three types of patients with allergic gastrointestinal syndrome. Diarrhea-type IBS and interactive IBS tend to have normal (reduced) bowel movements, while constipation-type IBS will increase the number of bowel movements and return to normal.

05 Effectively avoid alcohol damage and protect the liver

Galactomannan can significantly improve liver damage caused by poor dietary structure and alcohol, maintain the integrity of alcohol-damaged liver cell membranes, effectively alleviate alcohol-induced acute liver damage, maintain liver cell mitochondrial membrane structure, and alleviate alcohol-induced liver damage. Hepatocyte apoptosis.

06 Delay aging, increase antioxidant activity, and improve oxygen free radical metabolism

The tabular data showed that the high-dose group significantly reduced the amount of aging substances in the tissue, while the middle-dose galactomannan significantly enhanced the antioxidant capacity of brain tissue. Animal experiments show that PHGG can promote the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and choline acetyltransferase in the hippocampus of rats, thereby having a favorable impact on the learning and memory functions of the brain, and can effectively reverse the expression of aging-related genes in the hippocampus of rats. 

07 As a water-soluble dietary fiber, it can effectively improve blood lipid levels
High levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood are considered to be key risk factors for heart disease and stroke. Galactomannan-PHGG, as a water-soluble dietary fiber, has the health benefits of reducing fat and improving fat metabolism.

08 Fat loss, body sculpting and weight control, easy

The fibrous structure of galactomannan is well dispersed in the stomach, absorbs sugars and fats, and increases satiety through self-swelling. Microbes in the gastrointestinal lining repair the intestinal lining by sucking sugar and fat to produce short-chain fatty acids that are beneficial to human health. Unabsorbed nutrients are excreted naturally, which is equivalent to metabolizing part of the heat that the body should have absorbed.