Fiber Food Ingredients in the U.S.: Soluble, Insoluble, and Digestive-Resistant Types, 2nd Edition

Nov 16, 2012
196 Pages - Pub ID: LA6710826
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This report looks at the fiber-fortified food and beverage category from two angles. The primary focus is on available fiber ingredients and the suppliers that provide them to the consumables industry. In addition, the report explores the finished products in the marketplace and the Americans that purchase them. The report provides insight to the types of fiber and their proven benefit; the companies that supply the ingredients, including a competitive analysis by fiber type and application; marketplace products; consumer understanding of the category as well as use of fiber-fortified products and more.

Most Americans consume only about half the amount of fiber recommended by the Institute of Medicine. Recognizing that Americans are not consuming enough food-based sources of fiber, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee believed it was critical to make changes to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans in order to better inform and educate Americans about their food choices. This emphasis on whole grains and other inherent sources of fiber has impacted product development and reformulation efforts by food manufacturers, and in turn has impacted the fiber food ingredient business. With low fiber intakes, consumers need a variety of options to help them bridge the fiber gap. Adding fiber food ingredients to no- and low-fiber foods that people already like and eat is a practical solution to meet fiber recommen¬dations without adding significant calories to the diet. There are now more than 50 different types of fiber food ingredients available to food formulators.

Historically the terms “soluble” and “insoluble” have been used to classify the specific type of fiber on food labels, in scientific research and in nutrition education efforts with consumers. These terms continue to be used in these industries; however, most fiber authorities would agree that the terms are outdated and do not accurately represent the evolving dietary fiber industry. In this report, these terms are only used to describe specific fiber ingredients, not to classify categories of fiber. Packaged Facts categorizes fiber food ingredients as either conventional or novel. For the most part, conventional fiber food ingredients are those that can be measured using the two approved AOAC International analytical tests for fiber. In this report, conventional fiber food ingredients include those often recognized as insoluble, such as cellulose, and ingredients that are concentrated sources of cellulose such as pea fiber and wheat bran. The category also includes fiber food ingredients often described as soluble, including beta-glucan, and concentrated sources of beta-glucan such as oat bran and barley fiber; gums, as they pertain to this report; pectin; psyllium and modified celluloses. There are some conventional fiber ingredients such as sugar beet fiber, whose total fiber content is about one-third soluble and two-thirds insoluble. Often marketers position it as a soluble fiber, even though more than half of its fiber content is cellulose. Packaged Facts considers a fiber food ingredient as novel if it is one that has not historically been viewed as a fiber food ingredient. This includes, but is not limited to inulin, FOS, GOS, resistant maltodextrin and soluble corn fiber. For the most part, these novel fiber food ingredients are categorized as soluble fiber, or described as possessing properties of soluble fiber, as in the case of some resistant starches.

The market for fiber-enhanced foods is still in its infancy, but growth rates are slowing, and usage by fiber type usage is balancing out. There is a great deal of room for growth across almost all food categories, which presents an opportunity for the many different fiber food ingredients currently available to formulators. Growth rates for the three fiber categories indicate a major shift in market share by 2016, with novel fibers stealing the most share from conventional, insoluble-type fibers. Packaged Facts projects that from 2012 to 2016, volume sales growth rates will be driven by price and performance, as well as the fact that many food manufacturers are only adding fiber ingredients to foods in order to increase fiber content and make a content claim, rather than make a health or structure/function claim. The introduction of some fiber food ingredients, specifically many of those categorized as novel, has allowed for the development of entire new categories of fiber-enriched foods, which is helping drive the growth of specific fiber food ingredients. The strongest trend is with boosting the fiber content of grain-based foods, in particular those marketed as “made with whole grains.”

Chapter 1: Executive Summary: Fiber as an Ingredient; Profiles of Fiber Ingredient Suppliers; The Market; The High-Fiber Consumer Product Landscape; The Consumer
Chapter 2: Fiber as an Ingredient: Introduction to Fiber Food (and Beverage) Ingredients; A Brief History of Fiber; Defining Dietary Fiber; Fiber Ingredient Classification; Fiber Ingredient Types; Regulatory Landscape; Health Effects of Fiber
Chapter 3: Profiles of Fiber Ingredient Suppliers: Archer Daniels Midland Company, Decatur, Illinois; Beneo-Group, Morristown, New Jersey; Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; DuPont’s Danisco USA, Inc., New Century, Kansas; Grain Millers Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota; Grain Processing Corp., Muscatine, Iowa (GPC); Company Overview; The Two Sides of TruBran; Ingredion Inc. (formerly Corn Products Inc.); International Fiber Corp., North Tonawanda, New York; MGP Ingredients, Inc., Atchison, Kansas; Nexira (formerly Colloides Naturels International, Bio Serae and NutriProcess Companies of the Iranex Group); Roquette America, Inc. and Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals,South San Francisco, California; Roquette America, Inc.; Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals; Sensus America LLC, Lawrenceville, New Jersey; SunOpta Ingredients Group, Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Tate & Lyle, Decatur, Illinois
Chapter 4: The Market: The Fiber Food Ingredients Marketplace
Chapter 5: The High-Fiber Consumer Product Landscape: Manufacturers Respond to Consumer Demand; Fiber Intake; The Fiber Fortified Food Market; Leading Fiber Food Applications in the U.S.; General Mills; Kraft Foods; The Kellogg Company; PepsiCo’s Quaker Oats Company; Ebro Foods and New World Pasta Company; ConAgra Foods Inc.; Fiber Fortified Food Categories and Product Offerings; Cereals and the Breakfast Meal Occasion; Nutrition Bars and Sweet Baked Snacks; Breads, Pasta, Rice and Other Main Meal Components; Dairy Products; Non-Dairy Beverages; Other Fortified-Fiber Foods New Offerings
Chapter 6: The Consumer: Getting Consumers to Consume Fiber; Where Consumers Are Getting Their Fiber; Consumers’ Knowledge of Fiber; Functional Foods Research Confirms Awareness and Interest; Experian Simmons Consumer Usage Analysis; Packaged Facts Consumer Usage Analysis

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