Pure All Natural Inulin powder derived from premium Chicory root. 

What is Inulin (chicory root extract)

Extracted through a natural hot water process, this product is 100% vegetable. Our chickory root extract (inulin) is highly soluble and of premium quality, a natural food ingredient that is high in fiber and diabetic safe.

Chicory contains two ingredients that can contribute to a weight loss program. A report in the July 1999 Journal of Nutrition* (supplement) reveals that these ingredients, inulin and oligofructose, are not digestible by our bodies, and thus have no calories. However, the inulin and oligofructose in chicory are digested by beneficial microscopic plants in the colon and aid "in the treatment of, prevention or alleviation of symptoms of intestinal diseases." These ingredients also participate in the feeding of beneficial bacterial (similar to yogurt) and allow them to compete with and defeat harmful bacteria, stimulate our immune system, and indirectly help promote our own production of B vitamins.

Chicory Root Extract is a prebiotic ....Healthy bacteria in the form of intestinal flora flourish naturally in the gastrointestinal system, where they limit the ability of harmful bacteria to multiply and thrive. But as we age, when we encounter stress or when we ingest antibiotics, the populations of these good bacteria tend to diminish inside the body, leaving humans more vulnerable to gastrointestinal disorders and disease. By consuming prebiotic bacterial-growth enhancers, one replenishes the needed supplies of the “good guys.”

Grown along the Nile River for thousands of years and extensively throughout Europe, Chicory is a perennial, Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets. Chicory is cultivated not only for its root but also for its heads of crisp, edible leaves used in salads.