An overwhelming interest in the gut microbiome has led to numerous studies showing possible links to several positive and negative health states. A healthy gut microbiome has the potential to improve immunity, cognitive function, mineral absorption, and general metabolism. Alternatively, an unhealthy gut microbiome could be a contributing factor for chronic inflammation, obesity, allergies, autism, asthma, and cancer. This increased awareness of the gut microbiome has stimulated an increased interest in prebiotic fibers and the role they can play in developing a healthy gut microbiome. Dietary fibers, which are non-digestible carbohydrates, resist digestion and absorption in the human small intestine with complete or partial fermentation in the large intestine, acting as prebiotic products in the functional food industry. . Most chronic colonic diseases originate in the distal colon, which is often associated with toxic metabolites, such as ammonia, phenolic and sulphur-containing compounds. Consequently, there is a great interest in finding different prebiotics that exert biological activity throughout the entire colon, especially the distal colon. PROMITOR® Soluble Corn Fiber is a unique prebiotic fiber that supports the growth of healthy gut microbiota through all three sections of the colon. Data from a Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem model (ProDigest’s SHIME®) will be presented. We believe that PROMITOR® Soluble Corn Fiber has some unique advantages in supporting a healthy gut microbiome.

Measuring the value of prebiotic fibers on gut health via innovative gut model

254th National Meeting (2017)

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