Nutrition & Health

Nutritional supplements and functional foods

Lesaffre Human Care supplies ingredients derived from yeast and aimed at manufacturers in the Nutrition, Health and Beauty sectors. Those ingredients have a wide range of applications in Human Health: functional foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics (as an active ingredient and/or excipient) and clinical nutrition (as a natural source of trace elements, vitamins and minerals).

The ingredients derived from yeast are made up of components such as vitamins and trace elements that are essential to maintain a balance in the organism's main functions (such as growth, cellular metabolism, immune system and anti-oxidation). A person's intake of essential nutrients is not always appropriate and/or sufficient and there may be a need to supplement their diet.

Yeast is a source of vitamins, minerals and proteins and more.

• B vitamins: protein-energy metabolism and growth, nervous system, cardiovascular system, immune system, etc.
  
   
• Minerals: balance, growth, development, energy metabolism, reproductive system, etc.
  
   
• Proteins: growth, energy metabolism, dietary metabolism, etc.
  
   
• Fibre / Carbohydrates: intestinal function, immune system, prebiotic action, insulin reduction, etc.
  
   
• Lipids: growth, development, energy metabolism, etc.

Probiotics: balance of intestinal flora and the intestinal digestive system, natural defences, etc.