NUTRIOSE®, a soluble resistant dextrin behaving like a resistant starch, with outstanding tolerance and very low GR

LEFRANC-MILLOT Catherine, WILS Daniel, ROTURIER Jean-Michel
The final Eurostarch Symposium, April 2006, Groningen

The present poster shows how the distinctive nutritional and technological properties of NUTRIOSE® make it an interesting substitute for resistant starches in a wide range of food applications.

LEFRANC-MILLOT Catherine, WILS Daniel, ROTURIER Jean-Michel
ROQUETTE Frères, F-62080 Lestrem

 

Nowadays, in order to try controlling the global epidemic obesity, and according to the WHO/FAO recommendations, well-balanced diet should contain balance calories intake (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins), foods inducing release of energy spread out over the time, with about 10% total calories from quickly digested sugars (mono and disaccharides) and about 40% of energy from complex sugars, like fibers.

The recommended daily fiber intake is about 30 g/d/person, and soluble fibers, like NUTRIOSE®, possibly entering the composition of a foodstuff up to 20-25%, could be very useful for reaching this nutritional goal.

 

Conclusion


As a fiber, providing a low glycemic response and prolonged energy supply, beneficial for gut health, and very well tolerated, the dextrin NUTRIOSE® behaves like a resistant starch.

Moreover, it is resistant to heat and acid food treatments, very soluble in liquids and brings only low viscosity.

Therefore, NUTRIOSE® is a very interesting ingredient from a nutritional point of view, and technologically easy to be used in the world context of epidemic obesity.