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Beanblock® is a patented purified bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) extract. This product is obtained from a single and specific Italian bean variety. Beanblock® is standardized into two groups of proteins with three different approaches. Beanblock® can positively optimize food consumption, body weight, lipid accumulation, and blood sugar.

Ingredient Name: White Kidney Bean Extract

Functions: Phytochemical

Ingredient Origin: Natural Origin, Plant Origin

Labeling Claims: Naturally Derived, Plant-Based

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Identification & Functionality

Pharma & Nutraceuticals Functions
Plant Source

Seed

Features & Benefits

BEANBLOCK® Features and Benefits

BEANBLOCK® P. vulgaris bean extract is supported and proven effective by extensive data.

Acute oral administration in healthy volunteers has shown that:

  • BEANBLOCK® employed as supplement in a mixed Mediterranean balanced meal positively affected glucose metabolism in healthy volunteers.
  • BEANBLOCK® modulates ghrelin secretion and induces a longer duration of satiety in healthy volunteers, suggesting a potential use to control excessive food intake.
Product Overview
  • Phaseolus vulgaris L. that everyone knows as common bean is among the richest food sources of proteins, amino acids, complex carbohydrates, dietary fibers and oligosaccharides.
  • Derived from a single and specific Italian bean variety (Lamon white kidney bean) Beanblock®, a patented purified bean extract supported by extensive data, can positively optimize food consumption, body weight, lipid accumulation and blood sugar.
  • The efficacy of our bean’s active ingredients in maintaining body balance is powered by the unique formulation of the triple standardized extract: this is the way Beanblock® contributes to keep a healthy equilibrium.
Health Benefits

Appetite and satiety modulator, Healthy food intake management, Healthy glucose metabolism

Applications & Uses

Food & Nutrition Applications
Use Level
200 mg/day (100 mg twice a day with meals)

Properties

Assay
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Alpha Amylase Inhibitormin. 6.0%HPLC Method
Alpha Amylase Inhibiting Activity1100.0U/mg
Hemagglutinating Activity30000.0HAU/gSpectrophotometry

Technical Details & Test Data

Beanblock® into Action
  • Employed as supplement in a mixed Mediterranean balanced meal, Beanblock®, successfully affects glucose metabolism and shows the potential to balance body weight, glycemia, insulin and C-peptide excursions.
  • Plus, it modulates ghrelin secretion, a hormone that plays a key role in regulating appetite and, by consequence, in satiety feeling, suggesting a potential use of Beanblock® for maintaining food intake at an healthy level.
  • Beanblock® mechanisms of action include the inhibition of alpha-amylase, resulting in a suitable management of carbohydrate metabolism and absorption, and hemagglutinin modulation.