A challenge: fusing digestive health with full flavor
In the aftermath of the pandemic, consumers are paying much more attention to healthy diets and are looking for alternatives that will take care of their intestinal health and also contribute to the care and protection of their immune system, but without giving up all the flavor of traditional ingredients.
Social networks have echoed this, spreading this trend and demanding ingredients that help us to improve the nutritional value of foods such as traditional flours and flakes. However, this change is not usually simple and requires reformulation.
What if nothing needed to be changed?
Sprouted flours and flakes, healthy taste and nutrition for the new year
When health and taste are combined, everything tastes infinitely better, that is what the new ingredients propose: digestive health in food, even improving the taste of some traditional ingredients such as wholemeal flours or legumes.
Its elaboration process makes it possible, starting with the selection of high quality grains and their cleaning. The germination process is then initiated by keeping them in pure water for 24 - 48 hours. During these hours, the grain develops the embryo, which releases the enzymes necessary to digest the endosperm, the most nutrient-rich part. This process is then stopped by drying the grain. Finally, it is milled if necessary and packaged for distribution.
Thanks to germination, this type of ingredient offers many advantages:
- Increased absorption of these nutrients by inactivating part of the phytates, natural compounds that act as chelators of some compounds. This is very beneficial in vegetarian or vegan diets.
- The starch is pre-digested, which offers a better absorption. This is very interesting for some people with digestive difficulties.
- Very pleasant flavor, slightly nutty depending on the bean.
From TRADES we want to show you that sprouted foods are all advantages, so you can give more nutritional value to your products or simply repackage them directly for your customers.
Would you like to learn more about the different flours, flakes and sprouted grains and how to incorporate them into your products?
Let us convince you of all its advantages and request a box with several product samples. You will be surprised by the pleasant taste of the red lentil flakes, the crunchy texture of the buckwheat or how striking the black quinoa flakes are.
