Milk, a nutraceutical product to formulate your dietary supplements

Consumers have been aware of the impact of nutrition on their health for many years. This awareness has led to the creation of a new market: health nutrition, from which the term "nutraceuticals" was born. This word is actually a contraction of two well-known terms: "nutrient" and "pharmaceutical". Although nutraceuticals do not yet have an official definition, the term commonly refers to all food products whose consumption is beneficial to an individual's health. What are the benefits of nutraceuticals? Can dairy products be included in nutraceuticals ? Armor Protéines explains.

All about the benefits of nutraceuticals

There are several types of nutraceuticals, and not all of them have the same benefits. Prebiotics and probiotics, omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals are all considered nutraceuticals. They are primarily consumed in the form of food supplements.

In general, nutraceuticals offer many health benefits beyond their nutritional value. Among other things, they allow you to :

• Provide the nutrients required for the proper functioning of the human body,
• Improve physical and psychological well-being,
• Boost performance,
• Prevent certain health problems (cardiovascular disease, digestion, immunity, type 2 diabetes, etc.).

Milk is an important source of nutrients for humans, and is therefore a member of the nutraceutical family. At Armor Protéines, we offer you a range of dairy ingredients with appealing health benefits to enrich the composition of your dietary supplements.

Focus on lactic ferments and probiotics

The presence of milk proteins in a dietary supplement is hardly surprising, since casein and whey are two types of protein with appealing properties from a nutritional and functional health point of view. But thanks to milk processing techniques such as fermentation, this raw material is enriched with special bacteria and enzymes that give rise to lactic ferments and probiotics, which also have beneficial properties.

Lactic ferments and probiotics are also a source of many benefits:

• They protect the intestines from undesirable micro-organisms,
• They aid digestion,
• They help restore and maintain intestinal comfort.

Armor Protéines enables you to include all the benefits of milk in the formulation of your dietary supplements, thanks to its range of nutraceutical dairy ingredients. The incorporation of serum proteins provides the body with important amino acids such as leucine and tryptophan. Leucine contributes to muscle growth and helps with weight management. Tryptophan helps improve sleep quality.

To promote bone health, you can add minerals such as calcium to your dietary supplements. Finally, using bioactive proteins such as lactoferrin in the composition of your products for the health nutrition market enables you to benefit from its antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties.

Would you like to talk to one of our Armor Protéines experts to find out more about our milk protein or our range of health ingredients? Contact us today.