formulating with fiber
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Fragile Products:
Fragile food products such as extruded snacks, ice cream cones, pretzels and tortilla chips can benefit from the addition of fiber.
Benefits of adding fiber to fragile food products:
Functional:- Reduces breakage while maintaining crunch
- Reduces checking (crackers)
Health:
- Increase total dietary fiber content of snacks and chips
- Good source of fiber – 2.5 g fiber/serving
- Excellent source of fiber – 5 g fiber/serving
- Decrease calorie content
- Decrease risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity
Please refer to our bulletins for further information. Or visit our product pages to learn more about oat fiber, soy fiber, pea fiber, barley fiber, bran and fiber blends.
Bulletins:
Fragile Baked Goods – Decreased Checking
Cracker - Basic, Breakage & Checking Reduction
SunOpta’s Applications Team has many years of experience formulating with fiber; you can contact our application technologists at applications@sunopta.com.
