Ingredia’s Pep2Dia addresses prediabetes with whey protein hydrolysate
14 Sep 2023 | Ingredia
Ingredia’s patented ingredient from cow’s milk is positioned to help consumers control their glycemic health. The clinically tested whey protein hydrolysate is seeing increased interest on the market as type 2 diabetes cases are on the rise, reports the company. Laurie-Anne Giacomini, product manager at Ingredia, explains how the ingredient’s “inhibiting effect” can help consumers achieve more stable blood sugar levels.
This is Missy Green at Vita Foods 2023 with nutrition insight.
I'm here with Nouria from Ingredient who is presenting a very special ingredient.
Noria, can you tell us about it?
So, Pep, Peptodia is our latest patented innovation.
Peptodia is a whey protein hydrolyz to help maintain and regular blood sugar levels after meals.
It's our patented innovation that we have discovered in Ingrea, so.
It's it's aimed at people who really want to take care of themselves in an active way.
We want to take care of their health, their glycemic health, and to maintain healthy blood sugar levels.
So is this tapping into the current trends on the market.
Nowadays, overweight, high blood sugar pressure, ages, and genetics can interfere with normal sugar metabolism, so.
With a certain risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the long term, so people are looking for active solutions for dietary supplements that can help them to maintain their blood sugar levels and to counteract this disease.
So you can take dietary supplements such as Peptodia, but you can also maintain regular physical activity.
You can also eat a balanced diet, and you can watch your weight.
How does this ingredient work?
So Peptodia will act, will have an inhibitor effect on the alpha glucosidase enzyme, so it will help to regulate your blood sugar levels after meals.
And how often should people take it?
We have to take 700 mg twice a day.
Before meals, sorry, before meals and, before meals which, which is rich in sugar.
So have you seen a lot of interest today?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
A lot of people are interested in Peptodia because, blood sugar levels is a real problematic, is a real concern nowadays and, especially for the vital foods.
I can see that a lot of consumers are looking for a natural daily solutions, to take care of themselves and to answer about this, concerns, and , yeah, maybe from, from Asia, from the USA, and from Europe.
It's a general concern.
Do you know how it can be, how can consumers learn about this?
Like what can be said on the label?
We have two clinical studies for this patented.
Ingredient that shows its effectiveness on the alpha glucosidase enzyme and that shows that the blood sugar levels decrease after meals if you take Peptodia before meals.
OK, thank you very much.
Thank you.
