FOSSENCE® is short chain fructo-oligosaccharide (scFOS), a soluble prebiotic dietary fibre. It has a mildly sweeter taste i.e. ~30 to 40% of regular sugar and it acts as binding agent hence by incorporating FOSSENCE®, it’s possible to create food products with 25-35% less sugar. This reduction can help address health concerns related to excessive sugar consumption. It can also be used in savory foods like savory nutribar or snacks. Food products with FOS in them provide advantage of fibre content improvement and sugar reduction in the product.
Following are the dosage recommendation as per FSSAI and scientific articles for general human population and food applications…
1. For bakery application- up to 15%,
2. Other than bakery application- up to 10%,
3. Safe intake of FOS is 10 – 15 g / day,
4. Upper Tolerable limit of FOS is 20 g / day
Therefore, the consumers are advised to carefully read the food labels and look for the ingredients list that would mention the term “Oligofructose”/”Fructooligsaccharide” and make mindful and informed food choices.
