Dietary fiber - good for intestinal health and overall health

In recent years, people have become more aware of the role of dietary fiber, which is no longer limited to satiety and weight management, but has gradually extended to intestinal health and overall health.

Innova Market Insights' Global Food & Beverage Trends 2022 shows that gut health is the sixth most important trend.

More and more consumers are realizing the importance of good gut health for overall health, which is in part driving the development of ingredients that are good for gut health.

The development of dietary fiber ingredients is dominated by fruits in terms of source. For example, the U.S. company Erion has introduced ingredients made from citrus peels with >90% dietary fiber. Another U.S. company obtained resistant starch through corn. China is also concerned about the development of resistant starch and released the Guangdong Food Association group standard "Banana Resistant Starch" (T/GDIFST 001-2021) in November 2021.

Fischland launched a prebiotic ingredient containing high-purity oligogalactose (GOS) with a content of about 94%.

In terms of applications, resistant starch, prebiotic ingredients, and citrus peel-derived dietary fiber can all be used in food and beverage applications related to intestinal health.