Questions and Answers
What are prebiotic sodas?
Prebiotic sodas contain prebiotics, which nourish gut bacteria. Unlike probiotic drinks such as kombucha or kefir, which introduce live microbes into the gut, prebiotic sodas nourish the bacteria already living in the digestive tract.
What’s driving the prebiotic soda trend?
Traditional soda sales have steadily declined for decades, and in their place, consumers increasingly choose functional beverages like prebiotic sodas. With gut health ranking among the top wellness concerns, prebiotic sodas offer a convenient, flavorful way to support gut health.
What are the formulation challenges of traditional prebiotics?
Formulating products with prebiotic fibers can be challenging. Large daily serving sizes are often needed to support meaningful health benefits. Low solubility and pH sensitivity can add technical hurdles affecting shelf-life or compromising taste, texture, or odor. Also, some prebiotic fibers are known to cause a bit of bloating and gut discomfort.
Benicaros® - We’ve got the gold!
In the surging functional beverages market, establishing credibility with reliable health benefits is key. Health-conscious consumers are savvy, and skeptical of brands that don’t deliver what they promise. Benicaros is clinically proven to improve the gut microbiome composition consistently in all guts, and train faster, smarter, and stronger immune system responses. Benicaros also causes significantly less gas production than some traditional prebiotic fibers.
For formulators, Benicaros is easy to work with. Benicaros is a low-dose, precision prebiotic fiber upcycled from carrot pomace. It has little to no negative impact on product taste, texture or smell, it's highly soluble and pH-stable. It’s a natural and plant-based product that aligns with the clean label requirements of health-conscious and sustainably-minded consumers. It can also be applied to FODMAP-friendly formulations.
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