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Answering the call for nutrition benefits.
Consumer trends in nutrition and health inspire the solutions we bring you at the Ingredion Idea Labs™ innovation centers. You can trace our offerings in fiber, resistant starch and plant-based protein, for example, to global demand for digestive health, weight wellness and added protein solutions so you can make products that answer consumer demands.
Our approach to nutrition has deep roots in clinical validation and is focused on optimized performance. With Ingredion, you can be confident in your nutritional claims and build consumer trust in your products, whether you are addressing nutrition-plus challenges in energy or weight management, nutrition-minus challenges in sugar or fat reduction or helping sensitive populations such as infants and the elderly get the nourishment they need.
Driving nutrition innovation
Nutrition innovations at our Ingredion Idea Labs™ innovation centers begin and end with the consumer and our CONSUMER-CENTRICITY™ design approach. By commissioning proprietary studies and surveys, we understand precisely what nutrition goals consumers hope to meet through the foods and beverages they purchase—and we analyze how they respond to specific health claims on labels.
Armed with reliable insights, our experts then explore where we need to expand our robust portfolio of nature-based novel and proprietary ingredients, including prebiotic and soluble fibers, resistant starches, prebiotic oligosaccharides, functional starches, vegetable proteins and more. For example, we recently added new fruit and vegetable concentrates from our acquisition of Kerr Concentrates, Inc.
If you need help with nutritional product development now, our experts will work with you to develop prototypes for clinical study use. Ask for close, confidential collaboration with our nutritionists to validate the claims that will differentiate your products in the market, and rely on our regulatory expertise to align your product with local requirements.
We will perfect your final food or beverage formulation to make sure your enriched product, or your reduced calorie product, offers taste and texture as appealing as a traditional one. When your on-trend nutritional benefits are delivered in great-tasting yogurts, granola bars, smoothies, chewable vitamins and much more, you win in the market.
Eye on the future |
Applied and clinical research in nutrition continues in the Ingredion Idea Labs™ innovation centers to help you answer tomorrow’s trends. At the heart of demand for nutritious foods is a desire to live longer, healthier lives. What if your foods and beverages could contribute to wellness by helping to support health or aid in recovery?
Our scientists have focused on health management through ingredient development for many years. Even as this research continues, we have recently filed a petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to allow a type 2 diabetes risk reduction claim for our heavily researched HI-MAIZE® resistant starch[1]. If approved, this could make a significant contribution to consumers looking for foods to manage their health.
And that’s just one of the developments we’re working on. At Ingredion, we are always innovating to find new and better ways to keep consumers healthy and your products in demand. If you are interested in offering bold and differentiating new label claims backed by years of exacting science, now is an exciting time to work with us.
[1] Ingredion’s petition is currently under review by the FDA
Helping you today |
Plant the future
Watch and discover how Ingredion is reshaping the future of plant-based proteins.
Here’s more detail on how we’re helping you address the challenges inherent in nutrition trends today.
Glycemic and weight management.
HI-MAIZE® resistant starch is a unique dietary fiber that supports balanced energy, effective weight management, healthy blood sugar and improved metabolism in everything from nourishing baked goods and pasta to shakes and smoothies.
Sugar and calorie reduction
Look to our wide portfolio of reduced-sugar and -calorie solutions—including caloric and non-caloric sweeteners, dextrose, high-intensity sweeteners, fibers, polyols and stevia-based sweeteners, including ENLITEN® Reb A stevia. You can count on a high-quality and consistent supply of this high-intensity, nature-based sweetener. Consider our NUTRAFLORA® prebiotic soluble fiber, which is 30% as sweet as sugar and it has a similar sweetness profile to sugar, with fewer calories. DIAL-IN® Technology, developed by our experts to be the shortest path to perfect sweetness and texture, helps you get the right balance of functionality and appeal.
Digestive health
Our range of fiber offerings, including soluble fibers and prebiotic oligosaccharides, as well as resistant starches and insoluble fibers, help support digestive health and can be easily incorporated into in baked goods, bars, snacks, beverages, dairy products, cereals and supplements. Look for NUTRAFLORA® prebiotic soluble fiber, BIOLIGO™ galactooligosaccharides, HI-MAIZE® resistant starch and VERSAFIBE® resistant starch to help you deliver the digestive health benefits you are looking for.
Early life nutrition
You can put parents at ease with our BIOLIGO™ galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) ingredients, which nutritionally mimic human milk in support of healthy growth and development. Our UNI-PURE® IMF series instant texturizers also make infant formulas easier to swallow and reduce regurgitation.
Clinical nutrition
People with special nutritional requirements and intolerances need, safe, high-quality nourishment. Ingredion offers a range of thickening ingredients to help customers deliver solutions for dysphagia patients. For example, with our UNI-PURE® Dys-sperse dysphagia thickener, which instantly thickens liquids to make them easier to ingest, you can provide the nutrition dysphagia patients need while preserving the flavors and aromas they enjoy.
Clean and simple
People associate clean and simple labels with healthier eating. Ingredion offers many solutions such as VITESSENCE™ Pulse proteins, to help you deliver wholesome foods and beverages that meet clean label demand and provide extra nutrition.
Gluten-free
With our wide range of functional flours, fibers, resistant starches, pulses and starches, you can meet the ever-growing trend for gluten-free foods. Choose from clean label ingredients, such as HOMECRAFT® Create GF flour replacement systems.
Or select a modified solution, such as PRECISA® Bake and EXPANDEX® modified food starches, which offer remarkable texture and, as one bulk ingredient system, can eliminate the need for several other ingredients. Other winning ingredients include HI-MAIZE® and PENFIBE® resistant starches, and HOMECRAFT® Pulse flours, which are sustainably sourced and add protein, fiber and vitamins to gluten-free foods.
Work with us at an Ingredion Idea Labs™ innovation center near you.
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