Yacon Extract

Product Name: Yacon Extract
Latin name: Smallanthus sanchifalius
Materials: Yacon fruit
Extract Part: Rhizome
Active Ingredient: Fructooligosaccharide FOS
Specification: 40 to 70% FOS, sucrose 5 a15%, 5 to 15% fructose and glucose less 5%, the proteins and lipids represent 2.4 %to 4.3% and 0.14 to 0.43%
Form: Fine Powder
Color: Light yellow or off white
Odor: Characteristic
Solubility: Dissolve in alcohol and water
Sieve analysis: 98% through 80 mesh
Description:
 Yacon Extract Powder is considered a prebiotic. The powder alone is slightly sweet and often used as a sugar substitute. Yacon root is considered the world's richest source of fructooligosaccharides (FOS), a unique type of sugar (inulin) that can't be absorbed by the body.
Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) also sometimes called oligofructose or oligofructan, are oligosaccharide fructans, used as an alternative sweetener. FOS exhibits sweetness levels between 30 and 50 percent of sugar in commercially prepared syrups.It occurs naturally, and its commercial use emerged in the 1980s in response to consumer demand for healthier and calorie-reduced foods.
Function:
1.Promote digestion, regulate gastrointestinal tract;
2.Is the intestinal bacteria clump of growth-promoting agents, resulting in bifidus factor;
3.Conditioning blood, removing high cholesterol, effectively controlling cholesterol and diabetes;
4.Constipation, diarrhea prevention and treatment;
5.Send fire disinfection, prevention and treatment of acne, acne;
6.Improve immunity.