August 27, 2014 - Blog
A recent study took a look at the short-term effectiveness of a fiber-based dietary ingredient, and found the ingredient could aid in weight management for its ability to make people feel less hungry and consume less food.
Hunger is a major barrier to successful weight control and consumers need healthy foods that will help them control their appetite. Fibers have the potential to modulate appetite without adding additional calories, and can be added to a variety of food and beverage applications. Unfortunately, the average American consumes half of the recommended amount of fiber, making fiber fortification an important product-development strategy for food and beverage products. (For a closer look at fiber, down the free FoodTech Toolbox report, “Digesting the Latest on Fiber.")
Psychologists from the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Psychology, Health and Society tested whether a new ingredient (Weightain®satiety ingredient)—consisting of a combination of dietary fiber sources including a viscous hydrocolloid and a whole-grain corn flour rich in resistant starch—made people feel fuller for longer and influenced the amount of food they ate.
In the study, 90 normal-to-overweight participants were given a fruit-based smoothie for breakfast containing a dose of either 20 g or 30 g of the satiety ingredient or a non-active control. Researchers then measured their intake of food at both lunch and dinner on that day and examined their levels of hunger.
Those who consumed the satiety ingredient at breakfast ate less at both lunch and dinner, compared to the control. Overall, participants who consumed 20 g ate 4 percent fewer calories, whereas those who consumed the 30-gram dose ate 5 percent less food at both lunch and dinner combined.
Lower hunger levels after breakfast were recorded for both doses and the 30-gram dose produced lower hunger levels after lunch.
Psychologist Jo Harrold, Ph.D, from the University’s Human Ingestive Behaviour Laboratory in the Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, noted, “Whilst more research is needed to measure these effects of the product over longer periods of time and in people who are actively trying to lose weight, this study demonstrates high fiber food products which make you feel fuller could provide a potential solution to weight management."
A recent study took a look at the short-term effectiveness of a fiber-based dietary ingredient, and found the ingredient could aid in weight management for its ability to make people feel less hungry and consume less food.
Hunger is a major barrier to successful weight control and consumers need healthy foods that will help them control their appetite. Fibers have the potential to modulate appetite without adding additional calories, and can be added to a variety of food and beverage applications. Unfortunately, the average American consumes half of the recommended amount of fiber, making fiber fortification an important product-development strategy for food and beverage products. (For a closer look at fiber, down the free FoodTech Toolbox report, “Digesting the Latest on Fiber.")
Psychologists from the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Psychology, Health and Society tested whether a new ingredient (Weightain®satiety ingredient)—consisting of a combination of dietary fiber sources including a viscous hydrocolloid and a whole-grain corn flour rich in resistant starch—made people feel fuller for longer and influenced the amount of food they ate.
In the study, 90 normal-to-overweight participants were given a fruit-based smoothie for breakfast containing a dose of either 20 g or 30 g of the satiety ingredient or a non-active control. Researchers then measured their intake of food at both lunch and dinner on that day and examined their levels of hunger.
Those who consumed the satiety ingredient at breakfast ate less at both lunch and dinner, compared to the control. Overall, participants who consumed 20 g ate 4 percent fewer calories, whereas those who consumed the 30-gram dose ate 5 percent less food at both lunch and dinner combined.
Lower hunger levels after breakfast were recorded for both doses and the 30-gram dose produced lower hunger levels after lunch.
Psychologist Jo Harrold, Ph.D, from the University’s Human Ingestive Behaviour Laboratory in the Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, noted, “Whilst more research is needed to measure these effects of the product over longer periods of time and in people who are actively trying to lose weight, this study demonstrates high fiber food products which make you feel fuller could provide a potential solution to weight management."
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