Shanghai began to pilot the work ofsugar-sweetened drinks health tips, through the red, orange, green three-colorlabels to guide consumers to "read the nutrition table" and choosedrinks rationally. In the world's increasing attention to the intake of sugarand the prevalence of sugar reduction, manysugar substitute materials have also stepped on the stage and become the new "leading role".
L-arabinose is one of them.
L-arabinsugar market opportunity insight
L-arabinose is a kind of five-carbonmonosaccharide, originally separated from gum Arabic, at room temperature forwhite slender needle crystalline powder, odorless, easily soluble in water,sweetness of sucrose 50%-60%, basically not absorbed by the human body, is alow energy sweet. It usually exists in the form of heteropolysaccharides infruits and coarse grain shells, with high acid/thermal stability, it is worthmentioning that, unlike many substitute sugar raw materials, L-arabinose can occurMaillard reaction and caramelization reaction, and has good processingcharacteristics. In addition, it can also be mixed with sucrose in a specificproportion, and this complex sugar can replace white granulated sugar 1:1.
L-arabinose has been approved as a newresource food since 2008. Now the industrialized production of L-arabinose, mostlycorncob, agricultural products straw as the main raw materials.
From the application point of view,L-arabinose is used in many fields: first, substitute sugar products. Forexample, in 2020, RT-Mart has successively launched 38 L-Arabinose seriesproducts in its stores nationwide; Second, it is used as a prebiotic.In the past twoyears, the raw material has been widely used as a prebiotic in intestinalhealth. Both sugar substitute and intestinal health are the market with alarger scale, and L-Arabic sugar is expected to share more market share.
L-arabinose product application case
Product: L-Arabinose Black Coffee Beverage
Dosage Form: Solid beverage
Ingredients: Black coffee, Bisporus mushroom, L-arabinose,compound probiotics, inulin, theaflavin, etc.
Features: The combination of L-arabinose and coffee, alarge and medium-sized drink, also integrates probiotics, inulin, etc., canbring consumers more healthy coffee choices.
L-arabinose + collagen products
Dosage form: Powder
Ingredients: Egg shell membrane, a variety ofcollagen, L-arabinose, apple cider vinegar, Evocine, Asiaticum extract, etc.
Product features: Through the combination of L-arabinose with a varietyof sources of collagen, apple cider vinegar, etc., to achieve a variety ofhealth support, breaking through the previous types of L-Arabinose products,explore more possibilities.
Insight
Up to now, the total number of notes ofL-arabinose on the Red Book platform is 5,900 + articles. Based on the contentof its platform, it can be seen that consumers who have some understanding ofL-arabinose have a clear understanding of the direction of intestinal healthand sugar intake management of L-arabinose. At the same time, it is also worthpaying attention to that the milk tea brand, including the addition of L-arabinose to other endproducts and L-Arabinose table sugar have driven consumers' awarenessof this raw material, such as Yingtea, Lele tea and so on.
In the long run, L-arabinose has goodapplication potential as a prebiotic in many markets, and this feature can helpthe raw material get involved in more end-product directions, such as oralbeauty and weight management mentioned earlier. Its potential is still worthfurther exploration.