This award recognises the industry’s leading innovative and clinically proven ingredients for weight loss.
SlimBiome is a next generation functional weight management ingredient that actively helps people to consistently manage their weight loss by reducing their food intake, without the usual food cravings.
SlimBiome contains non-digestible prebiotic fibres, which increase microbial diversity.
An increase in the diversity of microbes (microbiome) in the gut has been shown to help people lose weight more quickly and most importantly sustain this weight loss.
In addition to prebiotic fibres, SlimBiome contains a water-soluble dietary fibre that promotes a feeling of fullness and a mineral that helps to maintain a healthy metabolic rate.
This fibre works by forming a viscous gel when it is exposed to an aqueous environment. This delays gastric emptying, leading to a feeling of fullness. It can also reduce post-meal surges in insulin and glucose.
Stephen O’Hara, microbiologist and CEO of Optibiotix, commented: “We are thrilled to receive this award, which provides independent industry recognition of the innovation and scientific credibility behind the development of SlimBiome and it's potential to help manage weight gain and improve users’ health and well-being."
"Our new approach to weight management contrasts with many existing products which lack strong scientific rationale and typically rely on customers’ self-control to restrict calories and as a consequence have high failure rates.”
He continued: “This award reflects the growing scientific and consumer evidence which shows that the incorporation of SlimBiome into food products helps customers to manage their weight loss, typically 1.2 kg per week, by reducing food intake without food cravings."
"Hunger free dieting is now a viable option for consumers, and we are working with national and international partners to incorporate SlimBiome into a wide range of food products, so that our next generation functional weight management products can help improve the health and wellbeing of consumers around the world.”
OptiBiotix created SlimBiome in collaboration with Professor Jason Halford, a world expert in satiation, and Professor Bob Rastall, an expert in the modification of the human microbiome, in the wake of the growing accumulation of animal and human studies demonstrating the role of the microbiome in weight gain and obesity.
The SlimBiome formulation is currently the functional ingredient in the GoFigure range of weight loss shakes and bars.
Customer surveys have found that an overwhelming majority of customers who used the products for a continued period lost an average of 1.2 kg per week, as well as reporting that the products led them to reduce their food intake, typically by eating smaller food portions. 93% of customers reported that using the products led to reduced snacking.
