Benexia launches its best-in-class chia flour for baking: Xia Powder 435 W LM

Benexia Xia Powder 435 W LM contains all the nutritional benefits of Chia in a format that provides increased functionalities in baking and snacks, such as texture, flavour, moisture pickup, and water retention, minimizing the usage of additives to preserve the product texture and extend its shelf life.

Nutritionally, this ingredient brings to bakery and snack products:

• More naturally occurring dietary fibre, helping to close the "fibre gap", a significant hurdle in consumers' health. Benexia Xia Powder 435 W LM contains 56% fibres with an outstanding balance (10% soluble and 90% fermentable insoluble fibre), and zero available carbs, making it appropriate for a Keto diet.
• More protein, with a complete amino acid profile, to reach a higher protein content in the final product: Benexia Xia Powder 435 W LM contains 25% high biological value proteins.
• More Omega-3: important for cardiovascular and immune system balance. Benexia Xia Powder contains 5% Omega-3 ALA, which is highly stable in baking and extrusion and has an excellent clean taste in baking applications.
• And many other vital minerals such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium.
• All-in-one and very low in sodium and sugar, with no TFA or Cholesterol.
  
  

On the functionality side, this ingredient brings the additional benefit that it helps reduce or eliminate additives and undesired ingredients in a baking formulation, aligning them with today's consumers' expectations for a cleaner label.

• Benexia Xia Powder 435 W LM, due to its small standardized particle size, provides a tremendous water absorption capability, improving ingredients binding.
• Its soluble fibre, about 5,6%, allows it to absorb and bind water up to 25 ml/g and minimizes the water migration in the baking product. It increases the softness of the product texture during a more extended period, increasing its sensorial self-life.
• Its functional attributes make it perfect for gluten-free applications. It reduces or eliminates the usage of highly elaborated additives, gums and hydrocolloids, perceived by consumers as non-fully natural ingredients, and provides a cleaner label ingredients list in the product formulation.

Benexia Xia Powder 435W LM is an excellent ingredient for:

• Bread: Gluten-Free, Keto, Artisan, and Whole Grain and Seed.
• Baking: Tortillas, Flat Bread and Wrap, or even pancakes and crepes, especially for Low-carb and Gluten-free applications.
• Snack: Cookies, Muffin, Cake, and Sponge Cake. Its functional fibre allows binding and retaining moisture during baking and minimizes water migration (promotes water retention), providing a soft and spongy texture for a longer time.

VISIT US BOOTH 485!  We will share samples of finished products formulated with this new ingredient from Chia Seed, now available in Europe!