The vast majority (90%) of Americans are falling short of their dietary fiber needs despite growing awareness of its many health benefits. Food manufacturers have yet to find the perfect fiber ingredient – one that is natural, functional, and versatile – to fill the 2-million-ton annual fiber gap in the US alone.
Meanwhile, nature’s best fiber, arabinoxylan, has laid dormant in plant materials left behind and processed out of our modern food system. Arabinoxylan is an exceptional soluble dietary fiber with clinically proven health benefits and superior tolerance in the gut. Despite arabinoxylan making up 70% of the soluble fiber found naturally in grains, large quantities of processed whole grains are needed for a single serving size of soluble arabinoxylan fiber. For example, five cups of wheat bran cereal have to be consumed to reach the serving size of soluble arabinoxylan fiber needed for prebiotic benefits (3.6 grams).
Only COMET has the patented upcycling technology needed to extract naturally occurring arabinoxylan fiber and make it available in a proprietary, high-purity and cost-effective form. This simple, yet hard to replicate process, uses only steam, water and pressure for extraction.
At COMET, we extract arabinoxylan from wheat for our Arrabina Prebiotic Dietary Fibers. This is why our Arrabina is labeled on an ingredient list as Soluble Wheat Fiber or Wheat Fiber Extract.
COMET’s line of proprietary Arrabina dietary fiber was specifically developed to fill the market need for a low-dose prebiotic fiber that can be used in a wide array of food and beverage applications with minimal trade-offs in terms of taste or performance.
The dietary fiber gap is a BIG problem, and COMET has the only BIG enough product opportunity, Arrabina, to solve it. AND we can meet this opportunity with:
COMET has substantiated three structure-function claims on our Arrabina wheat fiber extract. Clinical evidence shows that Arabinoxylan promotes the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut, supports healthy blood sugar levels, and supports a healthy immune system. Complete dossiers are available.
COMET also completed a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover clinical trial evaluating the gastrointestinal (GI) tolerability of Arrabina. Results show that even at a high dosage of 15 grams per day, there were no statistical differences in GI scores between Arrabina and the placebo. The study also found that Arrabina promotes the growth of bifidobacteria, confirming its prebiotic function.
Given that microbiome research is still emerging, we are planning to invest in more clinical trials in the future to support additional claims.
COMET has achieved its Self-GRAS on Arrabina through an independent third-party panel review. The fiber is gluten-free and made from non-GMO wheat.
With as little as 3.5 grams per day, Arrabina® promotes growth of beneficial bifidobacteria1
1) A serving of Arrabina supplies 0.85g/RACC of the necessary 3.5 g/day of soluble fiber needed to have prebiotic effect
