{"id":706,"date":"2019-04-05T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.victa.it\/?p=706"},"modified":"2019-03-01T10:05:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T09:05:55","slug":"chicory-inulin-a-big-potential-for-baby-food-and-infant-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/chicory-inulin-a-big-potential-for-baby-food-and-infant-formula\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicory inulin, a big potential for baby food and infant formula!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays, chicory inulin is surely one of the most used fibers in Europe and western Europe alone represents one-third of the global consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Cosucra (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/aziende-rappresentate\/cosucra\/\">https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/aziende-rappresentate\/cosucra\/<\/a>), our Belgian represented supplier is the pioneer of this highly functional ingredient.<\/p>\n<p>Among other sources, inulin from chicory roots, leads by far the global market. It\u2019s mainly used in functional food, beverages, and dairy products and it\u2019s increasingly applied in food supplements and baby food.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, infants have an immature digestive system and, chicory inulin, thanks to its enzymatic profile (which contains amylase and lipase, two enzymes found in the breast milk) improves the digestion.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, chicory inulin in infant formulas provides a better texture and balances the microflora (by stimulating the bifidobacteria growth).<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to discover more about inulin and oligofructose from chicory for baby food?<br \/>\nWe are at your best disposal!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays, chicory inulin is surely one of the most used fibers in Europe and western Europe alone represents one-third of the global consumption. Cosucra (https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/aziende-rappresentate\/cosucra\/), our Belgian represented supplier is the pioneer of this highly functional ingredient. Among other sources, inulin from chicory roots, leads &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/chicory-inulin-a-big-potential-for-baby-food-and-infant-formula\/\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":707,"href":"https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions\/707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.victa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}