Cereals and food snacks bars
NUTRIOSE®: the best choice for crunchy and great taste cereals and granola bars.
Cereals are generally recognized as rich in insoluble fibers. The daily recommended intake of fibers is higher than what is consumed by people. Cereals can be enriched with soluble fibers, such as NUTRIOSE®, to reach the good ratio.
NUTRIOSE® provides food manufacturers with a healthier version of cereals products. It can replace sugar, or enrich fibers, without compromising taste.
Nutritional Benefits
- Fiber enrichment
- NUTRIOSE® makes it possible to enrich cereal-based products while keeping crunchiness.
- Sugar replacement
- NUTRIOSE® can partially replace sugar content for a better nutritional profile.
Sensory properties
NUTRIOSE® has a wheat or maize origin which can be adapted to each type of flake, cereal and even cereal bar.
NUTRIOSE® can be used in all types of products without affecting the original taste.
NUTRIOSE® can be used in all types of products without affecting the original taste.
Technical properties
The cereals industry employs so many processes (extrusion, lamination, mixing,...) that totally stable ingredients are required.
- Highly stable, NUTRIOSE® is well adapted to industrial processing.
- Its excellent solubility makes NUTRIOSE® an ideal binder in syrups used in cereals.
- Its excellent dispersibility makes it possible to add NUTRIOSE® directly to cereals.
Applications
- Enriched-in-fiber cereal flakes
- Extended energy release granola bars
- Cereal flakes coated with a rich-in-fiber solution