The best of both worlds - the latest in fat mimetics for healthy indulgence

摘要

The latest updates by scientists concerning a sixth taste - the taste of fat - have again brought into the public eye the importance and complexity of taste when it comes to product reformulation and consumer appeal. Kevin Bael, Product Manager Specialty Rice Ingredients from BENEO discusses how food producers can maximise the benefits of fat mimetic ingredients to produce healthy indulgence products that taste as good as they look. Guidance published by the SACN (Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition) on carbohydrates and health, contains recommendations for consumers to limit free sugars to 5% of energy intake and to aim for 30g dietary fibre per day. These recommendations are one of the many ways that governments are seeking to deal with the long-term impact of rising obesity and diabetes; in 2014, roughly 39% of the world's adult population were overweight and 13% were obese, whilst the worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2014.