BioNeutra North America, Inc. is a

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-based agri-

biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. Specialists ...

manufacturer of patented technology to produce the food ingredients and natural fibre sweeteners,

Isomaltooligosaccharide Isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) is a mixture of short-chain carbohydrates which has a digestion-resistant property. IMO is found naturally in some foods, as well as being manufactured commercially. The raw material used for manufacturing IMO is starc ...

(IMO) and

Fructooligosaccharide Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) also sometimes called oligofructose or oligofructan, are oligosaccharide fructans, used as an alternative sweetener. FOS exhibits sweetness levels between 30 and 50 percent of sugar in commercially prepared syrups. ...

(FOS). BioNeutra is the first company to have received US

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(FDA) and

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approval for the manufacturing of IMO in North America.

Overview

BioNeutra was established in 2003, by a group of scientists in

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, Alberta, Canada. In addition to their headquarters, the company has a state-of-the-art pilot plant in Edmonton, which is actively involved in the research and development of health and

functional food A functional food is a food claimed to have an additional benefit beyond just nutrition (often one related to health promotion or disease prevention) by modifying the horticulture, cultivation of the native food or by food additive, adding ingr ...

ingredients. In 2011, results of additional efficacy related research were published by

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, regarding the prebiotic effect of Isomaltooligosaccharide in animal models. The core process technologies enable the manufacture of Isomaltooligosaccharide, as a natural fibre sweetener throughout the realm of human food ingredients, and health and nutrition applications from any

starch Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by most green plants for energy storage. Worldwide, it is the most common carbohydrate in human diet ...

source (cereal or pulse crops). IMO is available alone or blended with variety of natural or artificial high-intensity sweeteners which could be replaced with

sucrose Sucrose, a disaccharide, is a sugar composed of glucose and fructose subunits. It is produced naturally in plants and is the main constituent of white sugar. It has the molecular formula . For human consumption, sucrose is extracted and refined ...

in one-to-one ratio.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.bioneutra.ca Biotechnology companies of Canada