Category: Product News

Sunfiber® AF – new product launch

Taiyo is proud to present a new product – Sunfiber® AF. With this new product, Taiyo is expanding its product range in a completely new direction: Sunfiber® AF is specially designed for animal feed. 

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Non-alcoholic liver disease: study shows that PHGG inhibits the development of NAFLD

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most widespread liver diseases worldwide. The highest rates are currently reported from South America and the Middle East followed by Asia, the US and Europe. The global prevalence of NAFLD is currently estimated at about 24% and both adults and children are affected. Also, NAFLD increases the risk for complication such as cirrhosis, liver failure or even cardiovascular diseases.

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Maltodextrin-free, high-in-fiber fruit powder: CherryShield™

Functional ingredient expert Taiyo GmbH and Danish manufacturer Asiros Nordic A/S have joined forces to create a new fruit powder with appealing nutritional properties: CherryShield™ is part of a range of premium and organic fruit powders for use as a food supplement or in functional beverage applications that aid well-being and digestion. The added health benefits of CherryShield™ Premium and Organic powders are based on the ingredients of an exceptional Danish sour cherry variety and Taiyo’s 100% natural dietary fiber Sunfiber®.

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Iron supplementation: study finds synbiotics boost bioavailability

Iron is the leading nutrient deficiency in women worldwide. However, a recently published study has revealed that a combination of Taiyo´s prebiotic Sunfiber® (partially hydrolysed guar gum PHGG ) and BL-04, the probiotic Bifidobacterium lactis from IFF, may improve the bioavailability of supplemented iron in female athletes.

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Sunfiber® information from Taiyo GmbH on a new website

Taiyo GmbH has created a new website with Sunfiber® information! To give interested professionals in Europe, Middle-East and Africa a short introduction about Sunfiber®, its main benefits, application possibilities and possible fiber concepts, Taiyo GmbH has launched this new site.

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Hybrid Soft Drinks with Sunfiber®

Hybrid soft drinks are the innovation on the struggling beverage market. With Sunfiber® – a natural guar bean fiber – Taiyo offers a key ingredient for a fortified product that offers nutritional-physiological health benefits. What are Hybrid Beverages? Consumers often try new food and beverages, but many of the new

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ISO classifies Taiyo’s fiber Sunfiber® as a natural ingredient

Natural guar bean fiber is one of the rare, truly pure plant-based fibers and the perfect ingredient to enrich and enhance high-quality foods. Schwelm, Germany, May 2020 – According to the International Organization for Standardization technical specification, ISO 19657:2017, Taiyo’s Sunfiber® dietary fiber is a 100% natural ingredient. This is

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Sunfiber goes organic!

Sunfiber® R-O, Sunfiber® AG-O and Sunfiber® ST-O are Taiyo’s newest Sunfiber Product releases with organic certification. Sunfiber® is a partially hydrolysed guar gum (PHGG) which is all natural and 100% water soluble. Sunfiber® is a dietary fiber prepared by enzymatic fermentation from Indian Guar Beans. Sunfiber® is tasteless, colorless and odorless.

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