At the trade fair Vitafoods Europe in May in Geneva/Switzerland, Taiyo will present new additions to its Sunfiber portfolio, an all-natural, soluble dietary fiber that can now also be used as a sweetener.  

The Sweet-Sunfiber compound contains an Isomalto-oligosaccharide whereas the Sunfiber-Matcha Honey variant promotes natural sweetness with a green tea tang. Both combine the health-boosting properties and technological benefits of Taiyo’s dietary fiber ingredient with a mildly sweet taste profile.

Sweet-Sunfiber provides end products with a sugar-like sweetness – combined with a dietary fiber boost. The Isomalto-oligosaccharide convinces with an excellent nutritional profile: fewer calories, a low glycemic index, and tooth-friendliness. Sunfiber as a soluble fiber has various prebiotic properties, promoting the growth of short-chain fatty acids in the colon, which helps to prevent nutrition-related diseases. The Sunfiber range also benefits from optimized technological benefits. The ingredients are highly water soluble, stable at different pH levels and temperatures, and can therefore be used for a variety of applications as dairy and bakery products, meats and sausages, beverages, ice-creams and confectioneries.

The biocertified Sunfiber-Matcha Honey offers an interesting mixture of sweetness and refreshingly bitter green tea flavour. It provides a simple way to combine dietary fiber enrichment with an extraordinary taste and health-boosting properties. In general, Matcha is known for its antioxidant effect, and honey for its antibacterial properties.