Nutrition and Health

Co-extruded fruit filled snacks are a new concept introduced to support snack manufacturers facing the challenge of a rapidly changing commercial environment. Fruit-filled snacks can be marketed to both children and adults as ‘good for you’ while still offering the taste and convenience that consumers demand in a snack product.

They take the concept of healthy snacks beyond simply reducing fat and salt into the realm of positive nutrition.  The concept involves the replacement of conventional savoury fillings in co-extruded snacks  with a fruit filling.  These use highly concentrated fruit pastes from Taura Natural Ingredients, The key to their appeal is the combination if an  intense fruit flavour with a crunchy cereal.  The low moisture activity of the Taura pastes ensures that the crispness of the shell is maintained so the products can be packed and distributed in a conventional, convenient format.

People who eat whole grains have, according to the Whole Grains Council, a lower risk of obesity and lower cholesterol levels.  People who eat three daily servings of whole grain have been shown to reduce their risk of heart disease by 25-36%, stroke by 37%, Type 11 diabetes by 21-27%, digestive system cancers by 21-43% and hormone related cancers by 10-40%.