Benexia Chia – World of Chia – Our Daily Omega-3

Benexia Chia Seed

Upgrade your branded Product to a Functional Food or Beverage

Add Benexia™  Chia Seed to your product and boost its health benefits with a relevant quantity of Omega-3, Fibre, Proteins, Antioxidants & essential Minerals!

Characteristics:

Light nutty taste, odourless, easy to add to your recipes without altering its taste.

Effects on your product:

-Significantly lowers the Glycemic Index (GI) of the final product
-High Organic Molecules Absorption Capacity (OMAC)
-Maintains digestive health
5% of BeneXia White Chia seed added to your product grant in a 100g portion of your final product :
*more than 1g of Omega-3 ALA
*more than 2g of Fibre
*1g of Protein
*a high percentage of Antioxidants and Minerals.

Labelling:

GMO Free, Kosher, Gluten Free,

Quality Certifications:

Full Traceability, guarantee for a 99.9% purity, GAP, GMP, HACCP Certifications (Det Norske Veritas)

Marketing Concepts & Related Claims / Labelling Suggestions for your Product:

We believe that an adequate communication is as important as adding health benefits to a food or drink product.

Benexia ™ is the right partner to help the food industry develop tailor-made marketing concepts and enable food producers to position their product effectively and legally on the market.

All Benexia ™ claims :
-are based on solid scientific data
-are positive, convincing and straightforward
-support clear and credible health messages.

Creating an attractive and healthy product is the first part of the whole process. Seducing consumers with a clear positioning and understanding of your product is the second part of the process.

Fortunately, Benexia’s numerous health benefits will enable you to choose the claim and the approach that best suits your product.

Target Groups:

Nutritional Supplement for:
Children, Pregnant women, Healthy adults and Elderly People
Highly recommended / Adapted for:
Vegetarians, Diabetes and Celiacs.

People with:
Hypertension, Bowel/ intestinal disease, Irritable Colon , Constipation , Hyper cholesterolemia and Weight Management problems.

Aplications:

Towards successful applications

Benexia™ benefits of an extensive experience in hugely successful product applications.Benexia™ ingredients can be used in many different product categories such as for example:
Baked Goods
Cereal Bars
Bread
Dietary Supplements
Breakfast Cereals.

Benexia’s R&D team works together with the food industry to help food developers determine the right way to use our ingredients in their application, understand how ingredients behave and what their advantages are. Please contact us if you like more information about an application file.

Benexia Chia Seed

Nutritional Content and Benefits

Discover the amazingly rich nutritional content of the Chia seed

62% of the Total Fat is Omega-3!

41% of Total Dietetic Fibre (5% soluble, 36% insoluble)

22% of HBV Protein (High Biologic Value). Contains all the essential amino acids. Gluten Free.

More than 20% DVA of essential Minerals like Magnesium, Calcium, Potassium and Phosphorus.

7560 μm /TE ORAC in 100g.

Nutritional Facts


/100g
Calories (Kcal) 330
Protein (g) 20.7
Total Fat (g) 32.8
Saturated Fat (g) 3.2
Trans Fat (g) 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 2.2
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 27.2
Omega-3 (ALA) (g) 21
Omega-6 (Linoleic Acid) (g) 6.2
Cholesterol (mg) 0
Carbohydrates (g) 1.0
Total Dietary Fibre (g) 39
Soluble (g) 5.3
Insoluble (g) 35.9
Sodium (mg) 2.1
Potassium (mg) 700
Calcium (mg) 714
Iron (mg) 16.4
Phosphorus (mg) 1067
Magnesium (mg) 390

International Regulations:

When referring to the health benefits or nutritional properties of foods on packaging, local regulations have to be respected, as the use and exact wording of claims may change from country to country.
Benexia’s team offers experience and guidance, and works together with each market to ensure the local regulatory requirements are followed and carefully respected.

Benexia™, is a brand of Functional Products Trading S.A. that stands for a range of high quality products elaborated from the chia (Salvia Hispanica L.) seeds produced by selected farmers in South America. All Benexia™ products aim at developing a healthier diet, under scientific control, and bringing all the benefits of the chia to the consumers in a reliable and sustainable way of doing business.

Functional Products Trading S.A.
Avda. Luis Pasteur Nº 5.850, Oficina 303
Vitacura – Santiago – Chile
Tel: (+56 2) 378 60 91
Fax: (+56 2) 953 69 68