Oat Beta Glucan 20 and 10

Our beta glucan products – which one matches your needs best?

Oat Beta Glucan 20 and 10 are both entirely plant based, natural products with excellent nutritional content, also providing a good source of zinc and magnesium. Our oat products are made with traceable and carefully selected Finnish oats, without any chemicals or additives.

Oat Beta Glucans are manufactured with different patented combinations of supercritical CO₂ extraction and a natural dry fractionation process – gentle, solvent-free and ecologically sound methods which produce a higher concentration of beta glucan. 

Oat Beta Glucan 20

• min 18% beta glucan (soluble fibre)
• 42% total dietary fibre (soluble fibre + non-soluble fibre)
• 24% plant protein
• Lower fat content
• Pleasant neutral taste and a light beige colour
• An effective ingredient for healthy drinks, pasta, biscuits and snack products

Oat Beta Glucan 10

• 8-11% beta glucan (soluble fibre)
• 20% total dietary fibre (soluble fibre + non-soluble fibre)
• 20% plant protein
• Pleasant neutral taste and creamy white colour
• A versatile ingredient for healthy bakery products, mueslis and breakfast cereals

Oat Beta Glucan 20 and 10 are available in both coarse and fine particle sizes, which makes them easy to apply in numerous products. Contact us for application recipes using Fazer's Oat Beta Glucan 20 and 10.

How to make a health claim with beta glucans

To reach the EU approved heart and cholesterol health claims you need to follow a simple rule in your recipes: add 1 gram of beta glucan per serving.

Oat Beta Glucan’s high concentration of beta glucan means less oat ingredient is required in the end product to support health claims.

• Oat Beta Glucan 20 contains 1 gram of beta glucan per 5 grams
• Oat Beta Glucan 10 contains 1 gram of beta glucan per 10 grams

In an oat snack bar weighing 30 grams or in a portion of pasta weighing 80 grams, making an EU approved health claim requires: