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The Power of Oats

Nutrim™ Advantages

  • Provides the opportunity to easily incorporate the power of oats into heart healthy formulations.
  • Proprietary and GRAS.
  • Can qualify products for healthy FDA Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) label claims.
  • Can qualify products for the American Heart Association’s Heart Healthy” seal of approval.
  • Excellent mouth feel.
  • Holds up well at baking temperatures.
  • Originally developed and patented by the USDA.

Product Possibilities

  • Healthy meal-replacement ready-to-drink beverages
  • Weight-loss beverages that assist in lowering cholesterol
  • Sports and single-serve recreational beverages
  • Fruit-based “smoothie” applications
  • Ready-to-eat and instant soups
  • Single-serve yogurt (“Go-gurt”)
  • Sports and weight loss bars
  • Non-dairy spreads, butter, margarine replacements
  • Low-fat salad dressings, oil and fat replacements
  • Low-fat breads and bakery goods
  • Medical foods for CHD, diabetes patients

Structure/Function Claims

  • Nutrim™ helps lower serum cholesterol and triglycerides.
  • Nutrim™ promotes maintenance of healthy blood sugar levels.
  • Nutrim™ supports healthy immune function.
  • Nutrim™ promotes digestive health.
  • Nutrim™ promotes healthy body weight maintenance.

Healthy Benefits

  • Reduces absorption of fat
  • Slows absorption of carbohydrates
  • Increases feeling of fullness (satiety)
  • Provides needed dietary fibre

Additional Characteristics

  • Nutrim™ can be used to replace oils and fats in dressings or baked goods and provides considerable caloric reduction.
  • Nutrim™ Oat Bran has a low glycemic index of 38.
  • Nutrim™ is stable across a broad pH range (2-12).
  • Nutrim™ is stable to shear.

Specific Nutrim™ Oat Bran Studies

In studies conducted by the company, Nutrim® has been found to:

  • Reduce cholesterol and LDL by 27% and 36%, respectively, following a long-term supplementation.
  • Show a body weight reduction of 19% in obese animals on a high-calorie diet, following a short treatment.
  • Lower triglyceride levels in obese animals by 39% under the same experimental conditions.
  • Reduce blood-glucose levels in diabetic, obese animals up to 32% after 30 days of treatment.