With the improvement of people's living standards and health concept, people have higher requirement for the drinks or beverage they choose. The function of beverage is no longer limited to traditional concepts such as quenching thirsty. More young people choose drinks according to their selling points such as taste, personality, nutrition and low calories. Many big beverage brands have launched health drinks in recent years.

On the beverage shelves of supermarkets in China, various fiber drinks attract people's attention, such as Sprite fiber +, Coca Cola fiber+ and Chunyue fiber water from Coca Cola company and the Scream of Nongfu Spring. Many of them have the propaganda of 0 sugar 0 fat rich in dietary fiber.

What is the dietary fiber in these drinks? Let's take a look at the ingredients of the drinks.

Product 1: Sprite fiber +

Ingredients: water, resistant dextris, food additives [carbon dioxide, citric acid, potassium citrate, sodium benzoate, aspartame (phenylalanine), ACI, sucralose], food flavors.

Specification: 500ml

Selling point: 0 sugar and 0 fat, and each bottle can provide about 30% dietary fiber required daily by an adult.

Product 2: Coca Cola fiber +

Ingredients: water, resistant dextrin, food additives [carbon dioxide, caramel, phosphoric acid, sodium benzoate, aspartame (phenylalanine), sodium citrate, Ansai, caffeine, sucrose], food flavors.

Specification: 500ml

Selling point: 0 sugar and 0 fat, and each bottle can provide about 30% dietary fiber required daily by an adult.

Product 3: Scream of Nongfu Spring

Ingredients: water, sugar, fructose syrup, dietary fiber (Isomaltooligosaccharide, resistant dextrin), citric acid, sodium citrate, polydextrose, potassium chloride, vitamin C, edible flavor, nicotinamide, vitamin B6

Specification: 500ml

Selling point: sports drink with fiber

Let’s look at the ingredients of Sprite fiber +. Its ingredients are:

1. Water

2. Resistant dextrin

3. Food additives: carbon dioxide (cool and refreshing), citric acid (acidity regulator), potassium citrate (stabilizer and pH buffer), sodium benzoate (preservative), aspartame (sweetener), acasite (sweetener), and sugar cane (sweetener)

4. Food flavor: mainly used to regulate flavor

Let’s look deeper into the ingredients of the Scream of Nongfu Spring, the dietary fiber contains Isomaltooligosaccharide and resistant dextrin.

Then what are the common dietary fibers? What is resistant dextrin?

Common dietary fibers

Dietary fiber is an indispensable nutrient in human diet, which is recognized as "the 7th largest nutrient". According to different solubility, dietary fiber can be divided into soluble dietary fiber and insoluble dietary fiber.

Insoluble dietary fiber, such as cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, mainly comes from whole grains, vegetables and fruits. Because of its rough and unsmooth taste, it is difficult to make processed food delicious.

Water soluble dietary fiber has pectin, inulin, fructooligosaccharides, polydextrose, resistant dextrin, Isomaltooligosaccharide and so on.

Due to the high viscosity and gelation of macromolecular water-soluble dietary fiber, it can not be widely applied in food processing. In recent years, the low viscosity water-soluble dietary fiber makes it easy to absorb.

Among the low viscosity water-soluble dietary fiber, resistant dextrin is the most representative product.

Below are the most common water soluble dietary fibers and their attributes.

1. Resistant dextrin: after dissolving, it is colorless, viscosity free, almost tasteless, and the sweetness is 10% of sucrose. When added to the target product, it will not affect the material properties and taste of the product, but also maintains the original flavor of the product.

2. Isomaltooligosaccharide: 45% - 50% sweetness of sucrose, viscosity higher than sucrose, heat and acid resistant.

3. Pectin: gel special effect, because its viscosity is too large, the scope of application and dosage is limited.

4. Polydextrose: no sweet taste, viscosity higher than sucrose, heat resistant, because of its high reaction conditions, its taste is not good.

5. Inulin: the sweetness is 10% of sucrose, it has a certain viscosity, and it may cause abdominal distension after slightly increasing intake.

What is resistance dextrin?

Resistant dextrin is a kind of natural small molecule water-soluble dietary fiber made from corn starch, and it is also a kind of low calorie soluble food raw material. In 2012, China’s national health and Family Planning Commission approved the resistant dextrin as a common food. In addition to the use in beverages, it can also be used in dairy products, health products, infant food, pasta products and meat products, which has been recognized by most enterprises.

The functions of resistant dextrin include:

1. Reduce blood sugar;

2. Regulating blood lipid;

3. Promote the growth and reproduction of probiotics in digestive tract;

4. Enhance intestinal function;

5. Weight control;

6. Prevention of dental caries;

With the increasing market demand for low sugar, low calorie, low fat, high fiber food and beverage, optimizing products is the inevitable trend of the future development of food and beverage industry. As a dietary fiber supplement, resistant dextrin will play an important role in the development of food and beverage.

If you are interested in distributing or purchasing resistant dextrin, please feel free to contact us. 

Tel: 86 571 28103240

WhatsApp: 0086 1537244 0132

Email: info@okchem.com