The BENEO range of functional ingredients can be used across a variety of applications and help enrich products with additional health and technical benefits.
BENEO supplies functional ingredients derived from the chicory root, sugar beet, rice and wheat in support of food and drinks with additional health and technical benefits. Our functional fibres, carbohydrates, protein and rice ingredients improve taste and texture in a broad range of applications: dairy, confectionery, bakery, cereals, baby food, vegetables, meat, soups, sauces and beverages. In addition, they help reduce fat, sugar, artificial ingredients, improve digestive, bone and dental health, energy and weight management and/or mental & physical performance and enrich them in fibre or proteins.
Isomalt: The sugar-free nutritive sweetener
The functional carbohydrate Isomalt is a naturally-derived bulk sugar replacer. With only half the calories of sucrose, it is the number one sugar replacer for hard candies worldwide. Thanks to its physiological properties, this sugar-free, nutritive ingredient perfectly matches the consumer trends of dental health, weight management and keeping the body’s metabolism healthy throughout life. It replaces sugar on a 1:1 ratio, with its low-hygroscopicity, it can increase shelf life and bring out flavours as well as colours in sugar-free hard-boiled candy.
Isomalt is the only sugar-free nutritive sweetener derived exclusively from sucrose. It is produced by an enzymatic step followed by hydrogenation. The resulting principal components of Isomalt are 6-0-α-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol and 1-0-α-D-glucopyranosylD-mannitol dehydrate. This molecular structure explains why Isomalt provides a sweetening profile almost equal to sucrose – but only half the calories! This makes Isomalt work perfectly as a healthy sugar replacer for calorie-reduced and tooth-friendly products.
Caring for better nutrition worldwide
The driver behind our business is contributing to good nutrition, with the ultimate goal to keep people healthy. At BENEO, we are fully aware of the responsibility this entails and we use all our expertise to ensure our products and services enable the food and beverage industry to develop even better nutrition. Alongside our expertise, our global organisational structure allows us to comprehensively support our customers – wherever they are located in the world.
Caring for better nutrition worldwide
The driver behind our business is contributing to good nutrition, with the ultimate goal to keep people healthy. At BENEO, we are fully aware of the responsibility this entails and we use all our expertise to ensure our products and services enable the food and beverage industry to develop even better nutrition. Alongside our expertise, our global organisational structure allows us to comprehensively support our customers – wherever they are located in the world.
A global organisational structure
BENEO is part of the Südzucker Group – one of the leading food producers in Europe. Our organisation is represented in more than 75 countries around the world. 1000 employees in seven offices and five production sites, which are located in Belgium, Germany, Italy and Chile ensure that you can always rely on the consistently-high quality of our food ingredients and services.
Contact us for ideation and insights. For more information about BENEO and our ingredients, visit: www.BENEO.com or follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_BENEO or LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/beneo.
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