VitaFiber™ IMO is a plant-based food ingredient made from tapioca or pea starches and belongs to the special group of carbohydrates called oligosaccharides. This makes VitaFiber™ IMO naturally sweet with the functionality of a fibre.
In addition to its health benefits, VitaFiber™ IMO provides considerable functional benefits: sugar \ replacement, excellent binder, good humectant, bulking agent – increasing satiety, wide range of pH tolerance (pH 2.0-9.0) and high temperature tolerance (160ºC), browning effect, 100% soluble etc.
VitaFiber™ IMO is an EU approved Novel Food Ingredient that has a great functional and sensory profile, making it is easy to formulate.
With more than 27 years’ research, VitaFiber™ IMO has been successfully used in baked goods and baking mixes, nutritional bars, sport nutrition powders, meal replacements, functional foods and snacks, sugar substitutes, beverages pre-mixes and liquids, confectionary, dairy and syrups and toppings.
VitaFiber™ IMO is part of the Gee Lawson range of ingredients, distributed in Europe by LEHVOSS Group.