BamPro: A Bambara Nut Probiotic Beverage

BamPro is a natural, great tasting, lactose and cholesterol free yoghurt-like drink. It is naturally low in fat and rich in protein, fibre and antioxidants with added probiotics for maintaining good balance and composition of intestinal flora. BamPro is produced from whole milled Bambara fermented with lactic acid bacteria to produce Bambara groundnut probiotic beverage. It contains all the goodness of the seeds especially the pigments on the hulls that includes phenolic and flavonoids contributing to nutritional wellbeing of the consumers. Further, it is high in proteins and total dietary fibre with antioxidant activity, which protects the probiotics during storage and provides a longer shelf life of 28 days at 5°C.

Benefits

• Used to produce range of non-diary probiotic products including beverages, in

scoopable, drinkable and frozen forms with different flavours

• Addresses problems of lactose intolerance and the unfavourable

cholesterol dairy products

• Targets increasing demand for vegetarian probiotic products

• It can serve as a replacement for dairy product to individuals

with milk allergy, vegetarians and health-conscious individuals