Chicory root fiber for sugar reduction
And while formulators can continue to use fibers subject to industry petitions, they don’t know if they will be able to count them as grams of dietary fiber on the new-look Nutrition Facts label, which has created a lot of uncertainty in the trade, said Estal.
That aside, the pressure to reduce added sugar has driven renewed interest in inulin (chicory root fiber), which can help firms make sugar reductions of up to 30% in some applications, without any sensory compromise, he claimed.