Breakfast is supposed to be the most important meal of the day but children are eating around half the daily recommended intake of sugar before they even leave for school because of sugar-laden breakfast cereals, juices, spreads and other sweetened breakfast choices. According to Public Health England, the average English child is stacking up so […]
Illinoisbased ingredients supplier, Ingredion, has launched a soluble prebiotic fiber that provides fiber and prebiotic benefits and supports sugar and calories reduction efforts for bakeries, while allowing formulators to keep their clean labels. The prebiotic fiber, called Nutraflora L95S, is an expansion to Ingredion’s Nutraflora prebiotic fiber scFOS portfolio, according to the company. It contains […]
Foods carrying health claims have only slightly better nutrition profiles than products without, according to an Oxford University study. Publishing its findings in Nature the study found foods carrying health claims had, on average, lower levels, per 100 g, of energy (29.3 kcal), protein (1.2g), total sugar (3.1g), saturated fat (2.4g), and sodium (842mg) but […]
