Fibredex®Inulin
Creamy body and a fat-like texture in dairy and bakery, with the best-studied bowel and calcium evidence in the family.
What it is
Inulin is a chain of fructose units, two to sixty long, stored by chicory and Jerusalem artichoke in their roots. Short chains dissolve easily and taste faintly sweet; long chains gel and feel like fat. The same molecule, two very different jobs.
Three steps from source to powder
Chicory root or Jerusalem artichoke tuber, lifted in the cool season when inulin content peaks
Hot-water extraction, then filtration and purification to remove colour, minerals and free sugars
Spray-dried to a free-flowing white powder; long-chain grades are fractionated for creaminess
How it behaves in the pot
Six things a formulator asks before anything else. Five bars is a lot of that property, one bar is a little, and neither is good or bad on its own. It depends on the food.
Typical values for food grades. Every FIBREDEX® lot ships with its own COA and specification.
Fits best in
Handle with care
Prefers neutral systems. In hot, acidic drinks the chain hydrolyses, so pick resistant dextrin or XOS there. Keep daily intake near 10 g for comfort.
Where it works, and the evidence
The highlighted stops are where Inulin is active along the gut. Below, the numbers behind the claims, with the study each one comes from.
Chicory inulin contributes to normal bowel function by increasing stool frequency, the only product-specific fibre claim authorised in the EU
EFSA, 2015Raises bifidobacteria in healthy adults; the classic prebiotic dose
Multiple randomised trialsImproved calcium absorption and bone mineral density in adolescents over one year
Abrams et al, 2005What you can say, where
Inulin and inulin-type fructans recognised since June 2018
Counts as fibre under Reg. 1169/2011; bowel-function claim at 12 g a day
Named in the prebiotic schedule of the Health Supplements and Nutraceuticals regulations
Regulatory summaries as of 2026. Confirm the live text and your category limits with the JJD regulatory desk before printing a label.
Pairs well with
No fibre in this family works alone for long. These are the pairings where Inulin does its best work, and what the partner brings.
Short-chain GOS feeds the near end of the colon, long-chain inulin reaches the far end. The most documented pairing in nutrition.
Inulin for creaminess and fat reduction, polydextrose for sugar bulk and freeze-point control. Splitting the load keeps tolerance in range.
In stock, in Ghaziabad
- Food-grade 25 kg bags, fresh production stock
- Free evaluation sample, 50 g minimum, shipped from our certified warehouse
- COA, specification and MSDS with every lot; certificates on request
- Application support from the JJD lab, including blends with the other four
Tell us the food, we will fit the fibre
A formulator on the phone, and a sample on its way.