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PREBIOTIC EFFECT : POMELITE® DSF


Effects :

  • Synergy between prebiotics and probiotics
  • Short chain fatty acids (SCFA) production
  • Improve minerals assimilation.
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Mechanisms of action :

    Issued from acid apple cellular walls, Pomelite® Dsf fibers resist very well to the various digestion phases (stomach acid hydrolysis, digestive enzymes…). The apple fibers arrive intact in the colon, where the whole of them are transformed by the intestinal microflora.

Thanks to its content of various monomeric oses, Pomelite® Dsf fermentation produces a wide range of short chain fatty acids (SCFA). (cf. graph above).
Some of these fatty acids are nutrients for the intestinal cells. By nourishing them with these elements, the digestion and the absorption of the nutrients are improved.
In vivo studies have proven that the size of fibers influences the categories of SCFA produced. Composed by half-polysaccharides and half-oligosaccharides, the SCFA profile produced by the fermentation of Pomelite® Dsf corresponds to a wide range of SCFA, with a production of citrate, succinate and oxalate, but also to very short chains fatty acids (butyrate, propionate).

Moreover, the SCFA decrease the faecal pH. As a consequence, the ionic exchange capacity increases very strongly and enhances minerals assimilation.

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