Food Ingredients for Fiber Enrichment

How Scoular Food Innovation can help you infuse fiber into your finished products

In recent years, there has been a push towards increasing fiber intake in food and beverages, significantly driven by consumer awareness of the importance of dietary fiber for gut health and overall well-being. Scoular Food Innovation can help you successfully navigate the fiber enrichment trend and create innovative, healthy, and delicious products that resonate with your consumers.

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Consistent functionality

Whether used as a bulking agent, thickener, texturizer, or otherwise, Scoular’s fibers can be integrated seamlessly into various food applications while preserving the integrity of the final product allowing consumers to enjoy it just as manufacturers intended. 

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Desired sensory experience

Adding fiber can sometimes cause flavor impacts, texture changes, and color shifts. Scoular’s ingredients maximize the sensory experience of the final product, enhancing softness and crispiness, reinforcing crust, and masking off-flavors. 

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Improved nutrition 

In addition to boosted fiber content, Scoular’s fiber offerings bring other functional benefits to the nutritional profile and labeling of the final product, whether it be sugar reduction, fat replacement, digestive health assists and more. 

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Non-GMO supply

Each of Scoular’s fiber solutions is derived from non-GMO sources, offering more natural alternatives to genetically modified varieties. Farmers and consumers who prioritize trait-free purity often choose non-GMO for its benefits and ecological impact.

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Fibers

Peas used to make pea fiber

Pea Fiber

Pea fiber is a mostly insoluble fiber derived from Canadian yellow peas. It is a source of dietary fiber that can be added to a wide variety of applications for its functionality or to enhance a food product’s nutritional profile. Pea fiber is an excellent grain-free option for pet food diets.
Soluble Corn Fiber is a mildly sweet, prebiotic fiber derived from cornstarch.

Soluble Corn Fiber

Soluble corn fiber, also known as resistant dextrin, is a type of dietary fiber derived from corn starch. This non-GMO ingredient boasts over 90% fiber and less than 5% sugar, making it a game-changer for the overall nutritional profile of finished products. Soluble corn fiber can be used in various products with its excellent bulking properties, while rarely affecting the desired taste, all with a label-friendly name.

Food-Grade Seeds

Flaxseed

Brown Flax

An oil-seed grown in western Canada for the oil crush industry, food industry and feed applications, brown flax is a health superfood known for its natural plant-based high levels of omega-3, soluble fiber and high oil content. Perfect for baking and ready-to-eat food applications. Brown flax is also an integral part of the healthy diet for dogs, cats and equine. We offer identity-preserved and non-GMO options.
Golden Flax Seed

Golden Flax

Similar to the brown variety, golden flax is a health superfood known for its natural plant-based high levels of omega-3, soluble fiber and high oil content. Golden flax is preferred in many baking applications due to its “golden” appearance and easy mixing in baking mixes. We offer identity-preserved and non-GMO options.
Brown Milled Flax Seed

Milled Brown Flax

We offer milled brown flax for your convenience. It comes with the same nutritional benefits as regular flax but in a form that can easily be incorporated into your recipes, bars and applications. We offer identity-preserved and non-GMO options.
Golden Milled Flax Seed

Milled Golden Flax

We offer milled golden flax for your convenience. It comes with all the same nutritional benefits of regular flax but in a form that can easily be incorporated into your recipes, bars and applications. We offer identity-preserved and non-GMO options.

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Technical expertise & applications support

With an in-house research and development team and extensive portfolio, we can create the custom solutions you need—from concept to commercialization.

Supply chain & logistics experience

We bring high-quality ingredients to your company by leveraging our robust global supply chain knowledge. Our reliable and insatiably curious team delivers on time, every time.

The Latest Trends in Fiber Enrichment

Fiber is the top ingredient and nutrient associated with gut health. As the trend grows, so do consumer products in market touting the ingredient claim.  

The perceived importance of fiber is shown to rise with age. 51% of consumers between the ages of 18-24 say that they accept fiber in their food, for 25-34 it grows to 59%, and in the 55+ demographic, 71% of consumers accept the ingredient.

Source: Innova Market Insights

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