Category: Food & Beverages -> Food & related products -> Sugar & Sweeteners Country: Peru Featured products [Peru]YACONProduct: Yacon root dry slices, root powder, syrup, leaves powder for capsules, leaves powder for filter bags, leaves dry atomized extract, capsules.
Genus: Smallanthus sonchifolius
Part used: Leaves and roots.
Presentation: Bulk and finished products.
Phytochemicals (root): Contains fructose, glucose, sucrose, low polymerization degree (DP) oligosaccharides (DP 3 to 10 fructans), and traces of starch and inulin (Asami et al. 1989; Ohyama et al. 1990). In yacon inulin appears to be only[...] |
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