PLANT BASED DAIRY ALTERNATIVES 2021
Plant-based dairy
alternatives
The main characteristics of chicory inulin
Frutafit inulin and Frutalose oligofructose are
natural ingredients extracted from chicory roots.
Chicory inulin and chicory oligofructose are used
in food for various technological and nutritional reasons.
From a technological point of view inulin improves
texture and mouthfeel in fat reduced products. It has
a high water retention capacity resulting in a gel with
reological properties very similar to fat and a good fat
mimicking mouthfeel. It is a very suitable ingredient for
structuring in low- and zero-fat food products. Inulin
and oligofructose also improve the taste and mouthfeel
in sugar reduced products. They have a neutral
(sucrose-like) sweet taste and have bulking properties
to restore the dry matter after removing sugars. Inu-
Chicory inulin is a natural soluble dietary fiber and comes from roots of the chicory plant.
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