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Identification & Functionality
- INCI Name
- Ingredient Name
- Cosmetic Ingredients Functions
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Pharma & Nutraceuticals Functions
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Benefit Claims
- Benefit Claims (Health)
- Food Ingredients Features
- 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.
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Product Applications
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.- 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.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Solubility
- Appearance
- Fine powder.
- Physico-Chemical Properties
- Microbiological Values
- Nutritional Information
- Typical Carbohydrate Profile
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| pH | max. 5.5 | — | Potentiometry |
| Ash Content | min. 1 | % | Gravimetry |
| Moisture Content | max. 5.0 | % | Thermobalance |
| Solubility (at 77°F) | max. 600 | g/l | Gravimetry |
| Bulk Density | min. 0.5 | g/cm³ | Gravimetry |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Total Bacterial Count | max. 1000 | CFU/g | FDA-BAM-Chap. 3 |
| Mold | max. 10 | CFU/g | FDA-BAM-Chap. 18 |
| Yeast | max. 10 | CFU/g | FDA-BAM-Chap. 18 |
| Total Coliform | Absent | — | FDA-BAM-Chap. 4 |
| Escherichia coli | Absent | — | FDA-BAM-Chap. 4 |
| Salmonella spp. | Absent | /25g | AOAC-989.13 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Total Fat | 0.0 | g/100g | — |
| Saturated Fat | 0.0 | g/100g | — |
| Trans Fat | 0.0 | g/100g | — |
| Cholesterol | 0.0 | mg/100g | — |
| Sodium | 75.0 | mg/100g | — |
| Total Carbohydrates | 959.0 | /100g | — |
| Dietary Fiber | 93.0 | g/100g | — |
| Total Sugars | 5.0 | g/100g | — |
| Includes Added Sugar | 0.0 | g/100g | — |
| Protein Content | 1.0 | g/100g | — |
| Vitamin D | 0.0 | mcg/100g | — |
| Calcium Content | 20.0 | mg/100g | — |
| Iron | 0.0 | mg/100g | — |
| Potassium | 230.0 | mg/100g | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Inulin/Dietary Fiber (Average) | 92.0 | % | HPAEC-PAD |
| Fructose | max. 6 | % | HPAEC-PAD |
| Sucrose | max. 2 | % | HPAEC-PAD |
| Glucose | max. 2 | % | HPAEC-PAD |
| Polymerization (Degree) | max. 10 | DP | HPAEC-PAD |
| Polymerization (Average) | min. 12 | DP | HPLC-SEC-IR |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
Packaging & Availability
Storage & Handling
- Storage Conditions
Organic Premium Blue Agave Inulin Powder shelf life is 24 (TWENTY-FOUR) 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.