Public health authorities, health professionals, the food and drink industry, and many consumers are united in their concerns… the issue can’t be sugar-coated anymore… many aspects of our modern lifestyle, are leading to an epidemic of ill health across the world. One very important ingredient in this is sugar - adults and children in many countries simply consume too much. We need to reduce the amount of sugar that we eat drastically. This paper explores the factors behind these concerns and options for sugar reduction that can offer additional health benefits.
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Sensus is a leading supplier of chicory root fiber worldwide, with its head office in the Netherlands. This prebiotic fiber contributes to a healthy microbiome and is an effective fat and sugar replacer. To be able to serve you internationally, we have regional sales offices for North America, in New Jersey, USA and for Asia Pacific in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Our committed team of experts actively helps you to develop new products. We have an extensive network of business partners specialized in marketing and distributing high value-added food ingredients and covering more than 45 countries worldwide.
Sensus is part of Royal Cosun. This global, agro-industrial cooperative was established in 1899 and is an international developer, manufacturer and supplier of natural food ingredients. Other companies within Royal Cosun are Aviko, Cosun Beet Company, Duynie Group and SVZ. The Cosun Innovation Centre provides Sensus with R&D expertise in all foods and beverages.
We are inspired by inulin and this inspiration is our drive to create great tasting healthier products.
Chicory inulin is a functional food ingredient that can replace sugar and fat while improving taste and mouthfeel. It also promotes digestive health by enriching the fiber content of food. Moreover, it has a prebiotic effect, stimulating the production of beneficial bacteria in the colon. Chicory inulin is recognized as the only plant-based prebiotic by The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP).
Frutafit® inulin and Frutalose® oligofructose are plant-based, prebiotic, soluble dietary fibers with texturizing properties and a great taste that provide added health benefits. These ingredients are currently used in many applications, including dairy, bakery, cereals and cereal bars, infant nutrition, beverages, confectionery, ice cream, savory and healthcare nutrition.
The full range of Sensus chicory inulin and oligofructose products qualifies as natural according to the ISO 19657:2017 guideline. Chicory root fiber is today the only dietary fiber that is verified as natural according to ISO.
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Sugar reduction from a natural source
18 Dec 2017 --- Sensus has a strong tradition in sugar reduction efforts, and it presented solutions and concepts in this field at FiE 2017. “What we always have done is try to reduce sugar and have healthier food by extracting inulin and oligofructose, which is sweet,” says Matthew de Roode. The company now finds that the market, consumers, producers and governments are more aware of sugar reduction, so many others seem to be taking part in the story. However, people tend to forget that sugar is not only sweetness and it has many more properties within food, De Roode notes.
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