Sports drinks represent a growing market and are playing an increasingly important role. Today’s athletes as well as active people are eager to learn more about the different types of drinks that are available and that can help improve their overall performance. To supplement their training regimen, they look for sports drinks that provide them the energy to go even further in their sport. Carbohydrates are essential for sports and exercise performance. Palatinose™ can be included in all kinds of beverages without any changes in the production processes. Its acid and temperature stability result in a longer shelf life and more specifically, Palatinose™ can support a better rehydration after exercise. Its low hygroscopicity prevents powder drinks from lumping and its taste and mouthfeel closely resemble the popular sweetness profile of sucrose, thus providing a natural, sugar-like taste and sweetness. 201 Littleton Road, 1st Floor Morris Plains, NJ 07950 (USA) Phone +1 973-867-2140 connecting nutrition and health

Matching today’s athletic expectations – using the full potential of functional carbohydrates Carbohydrates are essential for sports and exercise performance. According to modern dietary guidelines (WHO), an average person should obtain about 55 to 60 percent of daily energy from carbohydrates. Athletes rely on carbohydrates because they provide the essential source of energy for physical performance. Most popular sports drinks contain high glycemic carbohydrates like maltodextrin, glucose syrup and sucrose. These release glucose into the bloodstream at a fast rate, aiming to maximise carbohydrate...

How exactly can Palatinose™ help athletes go the distance ? What role can the carbohydrate choice with sports drinks play? Two aspects are important to understand the interplay in this. Firstly, carbohydrates consumed with foods or sports drinks are used first in the energy supply to the muscle, simply because this allows the body to save its own carbohydrate and fat reserves for times when no “external” sources are available. Secondly, the rate of glucose supply from those drinks determines the extent to which mobilisation and utilisation of internal sources are suppressed. This means that carbohydrates...

In addition to the nutritional benefits, the functionality of Palatinose™ allows the development and composition optimisation of a wide array of beverages, such as: • Functional, sport and energy beverages • Enhanced fruit juices and juice based drinks • Enhanced water, near water and aqua plus concepts • Dairy-based drinkable yogurts • Protein-based beverages • Non-alcohol beer/ malt-based beverages An important functionality in all food and beverage is taste: Palatinose™ comes along with a sucrose-like natural sweet perception without any aftertaste. Its sweetening power is about 50 % that...

Solubility and stability Palatinose™ offers a good solubility (29%; 20°C/aqueous solution) and a very high stability under acidic conditions even at high shelf temperatures. Fig. 3: Palatinose™: Stable against hydrolyzation (25°C; pH, 2.5 – 2.7) Fig. 2: Palatinose™ shows good solubility for ready-to-drink applications Time (months) Density and viscosity Density, specific volume and viscosity of Palatinose™ aqueous solutions are just the same as equal concentrated sucrose solutions. Also the refractive index of Palatinose™ solution is identical to that of sucrose. Thus, refractometry can be easily...

Sport drink Blood plasma Formulating a Hypertonic or a hypotonic rehydration drinkHypertonic drink Hypotonic rehydration drink Formulation Citric acid (monohydrate) 0.30 Flavoring and coloring corresponding to supplier's recommendations. Citric acid (monohydrate) 0.401 Flavoring and coloring corresponding to supplier's recommendations. Product characteristics Caloric value Product characteristics Caloric value

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