Functional Sugar Solution for Healthy Living

 Saigao Food additives supplier is committed to the development of functional sugar and biological fermentation industry, gradually from the production of functional food ingredients, to the focus of industrial advantages, committed to improving the cause of nutrition and health, the core products are resistant dextrin, oligofructose, Isomaltooligosaccharide, polysaccharose, maltitol, galactooligosaccharide, xylooligosaccharide, etc.

 

Functional sugars include functional oligosaccharides, functional dietary fibers, and functional sugar alcohols. They are all food ingredient important for brain development. Among them, functional oligosaccharides refer to functional sugars that have a certain improvement effect on human health. Most of them consist of 2-10 monosaccharides connected by glycosidic bonds to form linear or branched low-degree polymerized sugars. Not all oligosaccharides become functional sugars. Only when they are not digested and absorbed in the human gastrointestinal tract and directly enter the large intestine, oligosaccharides used by bifidobacteria are called the functional sugar, because they are not hydrolyzed in the human intestine (except Isomaltulose), so they are not digested and absorbed but directly enter the large intestine. This feature allows them to be used preferentially by bifidobacteria, which are the proliferation factors of beneficial intestinal bacteria, also known as prebiotics. These functional sugars mainly include xylo-oligosaccharides (xylo-oligosaccharides), fructo-oligosaccharides (fructose oligosaccharides), stachyose, galacto-oligosaccharides, isomalto-oligosaccharides, soybean oligosaccharides, etc. Functional sugars are mostly sugars made from corncob, bagasse, wheat straw, and other hemicellulose-rich substances through the acid method, acid enzyme method, or enzymatic methods, such as xylo-oligosaccharides; or some starch oligosaccharides through acid Method, acid-enzyme method, or enzymatic method of preparing sugar, such as isomalt oligosaccharide. Functional sugar is a new vocabulary in recent years. It was first introduced to China from Japan, and the country vigorously supports and promotes functional sugar.

 

Improve the function of intestinal flora

 

Lactobacillus bifidus (Lactobacillus bifidus) was first isolated from the feces of healthy breastfed infants by Dr. Tissier of the Pasteur Institute in France in 1899. Researchers mainly in Japan and other European countries have gradually discovered the beneficial effects of bifidobacteria on the human body through more than 30 years of research, and have become a symbol of measuring the health of the body and evaluating functional foods that improve the gastrointestinal flora. one. Functional sugars can proliferate bifidobacteria and lactobacilli and inhibit or not proliferate Clostridium perfringens. It is Escherichia coli or Enterococcus, and Bacteroides do not proliferate or the proliferation amplitude is lower than that of bifidobacteria or lactobacilli. It can be considered that it has a certain function of regulating the gastrointestinal flora. After ingesting functional sugar, the number of bifidobacteria in the intestine can increase hundreds of times. Bifidobacterium can not only inhibit the reproduction of pathogens, but also reduce or even completely eliminate spoilage bacteria such as Clostridium. Spoilage bacteria will produce ammonia, amine, hydrogen sulfide, indole, phenol, and other harmful substances when dividing amino acids, which is one of the many reasons that cause harm to human health. Functional sugars can effectively promote the reproduction of bifidobacteria. Not only do bifidobacteria produce no harmful substances, but also organic acids such as acetic acid and lactic acid produced after their metabolism can lower intestinal pH, increase endogenous lysozyme activity and inhibit. The role of pathogenic or spoilage bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Clostridium. In addition, Bifidobacterium can also produce vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, folic acid, and other vitamin substances, which play a role in maintaining human health.

 

Functional sugar for laxative

 

Commonly used substances with laxative effects are soluble fiber for cholesterol, sugar alcohol, and probiotics. Dietary fiber cannot be absorbed by the human body but can be partially decomposed and fermented by the intestinal flora to produce organic acids, lower the pH of the intestine, and stimulate the peristalsis of the intestinal mucosa. Food residues formed by undigested dietary fiber can change stool properties, stimulate colon movement, and promote defecation. In addition, water-soluble dietary fiber such as soluble fiber for cholesterol can be used by bacteria and can retain moisture in feces. Functional sugar cannot be digested and absorbed in the human body. It is a low molecular weight water-soluble dietary fiber, so it can be used to thin the stool and relieve constipation. Its physiological function is entirely attributed to its unique fermentation characteristics (proliferation characteristics of bifidobacteria). The feature of functional sugar over dietary fiber is that its daily demand is small, and it will not cause diarrhea within the recommended amount. It has a certain degree of sweetness, good sweetness characteristics, is easily soluble in water, does not increase the viscosity of the product, has stable physical properties, and is easy to add to processed foods and beverages.