Wide Array Of Energy-Boosting Ingredients Available To Food, Beverage Formulators

A Food Technology article reports on the broad range of current and upcoming energy-boosting ingredients available to food and beverage formulators looking for options beyond caffeine. is not the only ingredient that provides that extra boost. The ingredient categories include slow-digesting sucrose-derived carbohydrates, botanicals, green tea, beetroot juice, B vitamins, L-carnitine, ribose, taurine and coenzyme Q. Botanicals that provide “natural” energy include ginkgo biloba, ginseng, yerba maté, and milk thistle, while B vitamins help break down carbohydrates into glucose, which provides energy. L-carnitine helps supply energy to the heart, muscles, liver, and immune cells, and is essential in the production of energy from fat.