At COMET, we upcycle arabinoxylan from wheat straw for our Arrabina Prebiotic Dietary Fibers. This is why our Arrabina is labeled on an ingredient list as wheat fiber straw or wheat fiber extract. Only COMET has a cost-effective solution to isolate and produce arabinoxylan on a commercial scale.
Our patented production process upcycles crop leftovers including straw, leaves, and shells into high-quality ingredients including our Arrabina wheat straw fiber. The proprietary extraction process is innovative and differentiates us from other ingredient manufacturers. This simple, yet hard to replicate process, uses only steam, water and pressure for extraction.
Today’s consumers expect products that are more sustainable and are environmentally friendly. In efforts to meet this expectation, food and beverage producers have done a great job in funding research and development projects to find more sustainable practices. Upcycled ingredients and products can help. By leveraging materials that would otherwise go to waste – such as wheat straw leftover after a farm’s harvest or leftover parts of food processing like spent brewers’ grains– we can close the loop on the food supply chain. Providing upcycled ingredients allows companies to develop products that are more sustainable. Upcycling is still in its infancy, but gaining traction and according to the UFA, it is poised to be a trend as important as organic certification.
The upcycling story has really resonated with customers and consumers. We recently performed a consumer research study that found that 42% of consumers believe that reducing food waste is a reason to purchase healthy and sustainable products. That same study found that consumers believe taste (56%) and products that are good for their wellbeing (60%) are also very important factors. COMET’s ingredients, including our Arrabina Wheat Straw Fiber, allow our customers to tell the story along all these critical factors. We can make products good for you, suitable for the plant, and good tasting. No compromises.
With as little as 3 grams per day, Arrabina® promotes growth of beneficial bifidobacteria2
ARRABINA is an arabinoxylan prebiotic fiber which is an FDA-recognized, hemicellulose polysaccharide fiber with clinically proven tolerance and prebiotic health benefits. The fiber’s longer chain polysaccharide structure makes it better tolerated by the gut than oligosaccharides as it is digested later in the GI tract. The longer chain also has functionality benefits as it is not as vulnerable to degradation in low pH and high temperature cooking applications.
Arabinoxylan is abundant in nature. In fact, it makes up about 70% of the soluble fiber naturally found in grains4. Yet large quantities of processed whole grains are needed for a single serving size of soluble arabinoxylan fiber.
~ 5 cups of wheat bran cereal5
~ 3 grams2
ONLY COMET solved this problem using our patented upcycling technology to unlock arabinoxylan’s potential and make it available in our line of ARRABINA dietary fibers. ARRABINA makes it easy to add the clinically proven benefits of arabinoxylan to ANY food/beverage/supplement application.
1) A serving of Arrabina supplies 0.85g/RACC of the necessary 3.4 g/day of soluble fiber needed to have prebiotic effect
2) ISAPP; Windley et al. 2015, Cloetens et al. 2010, Francois et al. 2014, Maki et al. 2012, Walton et al. 2012, Damen et al. 2012, Kjølbæk et al. 2019.
3) Oliver Chen, Traci Blonquist, Kristen Sanoshy, Kathleen Kelley, Eunice Mah, The Effect of Arabinoxylan on Gastrointestinal Tolerance in Generally Healthy Adults: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study, >, Volume 5, Issue Supplement_2, June 2021, Page 304.
4) Jing Wang, et al. “Cereal-derived Arabinoxylans: Structural Features and Structure–activity Correlations.” v. 96,. pp. 157-165. doi: href=”https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2019.12.016″ 10.1016/j.tifs.2019.12.016
5) https://www.postconsumerbrands.com/raisin-bran/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2016/09/RaisinBran.pdf
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