Zenex Organic Inulin Powder Pack of 100 Gram

Inulin powder is contained in the protoplasm of cells in a colloidal form. Unlike starch, it is easily soluble in hot water and precipitates from the water when ethanol is added. It does not react with iodine. Moreover, inulin is easily hydrolyzed to fructose under dilute acid, which is a characteristic of all fructans. It can also be hydrolyzed to fructose by inulase. Both humans and animals lack the enzymes that break down inulin.

Inulin powder is another form of energy storage in plants besides starch. It is an ideal functional food ingredient and a good raw material for the production of fructooligosaccharides, polyfructose, high fructose syrup, crystallized fructose and other products.