NutriLeads Launches Benicaros F&B for Functional Food and Beverage Innovation

NutriLeads today introduced Benicaros® F&B, a new format of its award-winning Benicaros ingredient designed specifically for functional food and beverage applications. This new version delivers the same clinically validated gut and immune health benefits in a cost-efficient, one-gram daily serving.

Benicaros F&B expands the Benicaros ingredient line, giving product developers greater flexibility to integrate science-backed wellness benefits into a broader range of everyday products—without compromising on efficacy, sensory quality, or clean-label appeal.

“Benicaros F&B makes clinically proven immune and gut health benefits more accessible across a wider range of product categories,” said Joana Carneiro-Wakefield, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of NutriLeads. “This new format is optimized for food and beverage formulations, providing the versatility developers need to meet the growing demand for health functional consumer products.”

Linda Kelly, North America Sales Representative for NutriLeads, will be available to discuss Benicaros F&B at the Institute of Food Technologists’ (IFT) annual event and expo July 14-17 in Chicago. You can contact her at [email protected] to arrange a meeting.

Upcycled from carrot pomace, Benicaros F&B is formulation-ready and compatible with a wide variety of applications, including functional beverages, dairy products, bars, and powders. It is pH- and heat-stable, water-soluble, and has little to no impact on the existing recipe, taste, odor or texture.

Peer-reviewed research has shown that Benicaros has a uniquely complex structure that ensures consistent gut health benefits across a diverse range of individual gut microbiota profiles. Benicaros enhances the growth of beneficial gut bacteria and short-chain fatty acid production—without the excess gas typically associated with prebiotic fibers. It also trains the innate immune system to respond smarter, faster, and stronger when challenged.