Danisco Launches Super-Juice Confectionery Demo Kit: Set The Juices Loose!
Elmsford, NY - The "super fruit" juice trend has opened the door to new opportunities for sugar confectionery. Danisco has the ideal ingredients and formats to deliver the health benefits of fruit juice in a variety of delicious confectionery treats.
Products containing exotic "super fruit" juices such as açai, goji, pomegranate and yumberry, along with familiar fruit juices like cranberry, blueberry and raspberry, offer high levels of antioxidants and health-promoting properties. These "super fruit" juice products can be positioned as "better for you" when compared to their traditional counterparts.
Danisco's new demo kit, called Set the Juices Loose!, features great tasting confectionery products with the added benefits of:
- Pure fruit juice
- No added colors
- No added acids
- No preservatives
- No high intensity sweeteners
- Reduced in calories
- Reduced in sugar
- High in fiber
Utilizing three flavor systems — apricot/orange; raspberry/yumberry; and pomegranate/raspberry/blueberry — the Set the Juices Loose! kit is comprised of four candy formats made with Danisco ingredients for additional health benefits:
Super-juice Jellies and Gummies contain all the natural goodness of fruit juices plus added fiber. With LitesseUltra™ as part of the formulation, these candies are also reduced in sugar with a low glycemic response to avoid a sugar rush.
Super-juice Chewy Candies are reduced in sugar with the antioxidants of fruit juice that can help reduce cholesterol. With the inclusion of LitesseUltra™, these chewies are also rich in fiber for improved digestive health.
Super-juice Cream Hard Candies are high in fruit juices, reduced in calories and reduced in sugar. Made with Lactitol and LitesseUltra™ for prebiotic digestive benefits, these swirled fruit and cream candies also have vitamin A and antioxidants that can protect the brain, eyes and nervous system.
Super-juice Chewy Beans offer the benefits of real fruit juices and fiber from LitesseUltra™ in a reduced calorie, reduced sugar jellybean. Made with Xylitol for a cool, refreshing coating that is safe for teeth, these beans are also high in lycopene and antioxidants that can help maintain eyesight and can help protect against heart disease.
The health benefits of Danisco's ingredients, combined with the nutritional value of fruit juices, offer a huge potential for making innovative "better for you" confectionery products.
Health Benefits of Danisco Ingredients
Lactitol is a reduced calorie sweetener that is used in confectionery products to replace crystallizing sugars such as sucrose. As a prebiotic ingredient, Lactitol reaches the colon undigested where it promotes beneficial bacteria, such as Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria, inhibits the adhesion of pathogenic bacteria to the cell walls, and promotes butyrate fermentation.
Litesse polydextrose is a soluble fiber that is only 1 kcal per gram. It is non-crystallizing and can be used as a sugar replacer for glucose syrups in confectionery formulations. Also a prebiotic, Litesse physiological benefits include slow, sustained fermentation along the length of the lower gastrointestinal tract, production of short chain fatty acids, fecal bulking and reduced transit times. Litesse is well-tolerated at levels as high as 90 grams per day, and its prebiotic effects have been reported at doses as low as 4 grams per day. The sweetness synergy between Litesse and sugars and polyols enables the development of reduced sugar and reduced calorie products without the need for high intensity sweeteners.
Xylitol is a reduced calorie sweetener that is as sweet as sucrose with unique dental benefits. Oral bacteria are unable to utilize Xylitol as an energy or carbon source, so there is no acid production following consumption. The oral pH and plaque pH remain neutral, demineralization does not occur and, therefore, there is no caries formation. Xylitol also inhibits the growth of some of the main cariogenic bacteria, and has been shown to reduce the adhesion properties of Streptoccocus mutans.
SOURCE: Danisco