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Identification & Functionality
- INCI Name
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredient Origin
- Cosmetic Ingredients Functions
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Pharma & Nutraceuticals Functions
- CAS No.
- 9005-80-5
- EC No.
- 232-684-3
Features & Benefits
- Benefit Claims
- Benefit Claims (Health)
- Labeling Claims
- Food Ingredients Features
- Key Benefits
- Organic, Vegan & Fairtrade certified
- Plant-based fiber with a pleasant flavor with no aftertaste
- Made from a sustainable, natural source
- Allergen & Gluten free and Non-GMO
- Clean label and low in calories
- Prebiotic dietary fiber
- Highly soluble up to 500g/l
- Regulates appetite and aids bones in absorbing calcium
- Highly functional in foodstuffs and delivers mouthfeel and body to beverages.
- 24-month shelf life from production
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Application
Due to its high solubility, purity and neutral taste Organic Premium Blue Agave Inulin Powder can be employed in a wide variety of foods, beverages and skincare products improving their appearance, creaminess and texture, simultaneously adding functionality such as fat reduction and wetting.
This ingredient versatility has enabled its easy and successful application in the food industry such as: dairy (ice cream, yogurt, milk, chocolate drinks, milkshakes); bakery and desserts (cakes, bread, cookies); cereals (bars, granola and cereal boxes); functional beverages (coffee, tea, fruit water) and condiments (sauces, dressings and vinaigrettes) and improving texture in meat-based products to create new "FUNCTIONAL FOODS".
Increasingly Blue Agave Inulin Powder is generating interest in the personal care sector, for its functionality in delivering prebiotic characteristics to support the skin microbiome, amongst other uses
- Recommended Consumption
Organic Premium Blue Agave Inulin Powder recommended daily intake is in the range 5 to 15 g/day/person. It is recommended to gradually increase the dosage intake over time to adjust digestive tolerance slowly.. Organic 100% Blue Agave Inulin Powder can be used along with probiotics to create symbiotics.
Properties
- Solubility
- Taste
- Neutral
- Appearance
- Fine Powder
- Odor
- Slightly sweet trace
- Dispersible in
- Good (Stirring is suggested).
- Physico-Chemical Properties
- Microbiological Values
- Nutritional Information
- Typical Carbohydrate Profile
- Note
- HPAEC-PAD: High Performance Anion Exchange Chromatography coupled to Pulsed Amperometric Detection.
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| pH | min. 5.5 | — | Potentiometry |
| Ash Content | max. 1 | % | Gravimetry |
| Moisture Content | max. 5 | % | Termobalance |
| Solubility | max. 600 | g/L at 77 °F | Gravimetry |
| Bulk Density | min. 0.5 | — | Gravimetry |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Escherichia Coli | Absent | — | FDA-BAM-Chap. 4 |
| Salmonella Sp | Absent in 25g | — | AOAC-989.13 |
| Yeast & Molds Count | max. 10 | CFU/g | FDA-BAM-Chap. 18 |
| Total Bacterial Count | max. 1000 | CFU/g | FDA-BAM-Chap. 3 |
| Total Coliforms | Absent | — | FDA-BAM-Chap. 4 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Total Fat | 0 | g/100g | — |
| Calories | 200 | Cal/100g | — |
| Saturated Fat | 0 | g/100g | — |
| Trans Fat | 0 | g/100g | — |
| Cholesterol | 0 | mg/100g | — |
| Sodium | 75 | mg/100g | — |
| Total Carbohydrate | 95 | g/100g | — |
| Dietary Fiber | 93 | g/100g | — |
| Total Sugars | 5 | g/100g | — |
| Added Sugar | 0 | g/100g | — |
| Protein | 1 | g/100g | — |
| Vitamin D | 0 | mcg/100g | — |
| Calcium | 20 | mg/100g | — |
| Iron | 0 | mg/100g | — |
| Potassium | 230 | mg/100g | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Fructose Content | max. 6 | % | HPAEC-PAD |
| Glucose Content | max. 2 | % | HPAEC-PAD |
| Inulin/Dietary Fiber | Avg. 90 - 94 | % | HPAEC-PAD |
| Sucrose | max. 2 | % | HPAEC-PAD |
| Minimum Degree of Polymerization | 10 | DP | HPAEC-PAD |
| Average Degree of Polymerization | min. 12 | DP | HPLC-SEC-IR |
Regulatory & Compliance
Safety & Health
- Health Functionality
Dietary fiber (non-digestible carbohydrates) intake helps to improve constipation and inflammation in the large intestine; reducing also, the risk of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes, colon and liver cancer.
As prebiotic fiber Organic Premium Blue Agave Inulin Powder selectively stimulates the growth of gut beneficial microbes (probiotics). Organic Premium Blue Agave Inulin Powder could confer some health benefits for consumers such improve the absorption of mineral (calcium and magnesium) in bones, regulate the blood levels of glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides to mention a few.
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Information
Bulk:
- Sack 25 Kg
Bottle (Retail):
- Tubs - 1 Kg, 250 g and 150 g
- Sachets & sticks - 3 g and 5 g
Storage & Handling
- Shelf Life
- 24 Months
- Shelf Life & Storage Requirements
Organic Premium Blue Agave Inulin Powder shelf life is 24 months unopened and without refrigeration. This product must be kept fully closed. Once opened the container must be completely consumed.
Organic Premium Blue Agave Inulin Powder must be stored at room temperature (77°F) in a cool dry place. Avoid contact with moisture since it is a highly hygroscopic product. Due to the shipping and handling the product could get compacted.
Explanatory Note - Due to its hygroscopicity, the moisture content in Organic Premium Blue Agave Inulin Powder could increase over time. However, its technological and prebiotic functionalities are unaffected.