According to Novozymes proprietary study, 76% of the U.S. population is looking for foods that support bone health, and vitamin K2 can do just that.
MenaquinGold® is our natural vitamin K2-7 designed to integrate seamlessly with your foods to help people of all ages maintain bone strength and heart health - and to perform every day.
Learn more below, get in touch with us, or explore our inspirational concept catalogue on 7 ways to brand your foods with vitamin K2-7.
We’re getting older. In fact, the WHO estimates that by 2050 the world’s population over 60 will have nearly doubled.
That’s why an increasing number of consumers are focusing on how to age healthily and stay fit for enjoying later stages of life.
Bones, heart and digestion are all areas where consumers pay more attention and want to do better. And guess what? They want to do it via your foods.
Calcium is key to good health, especially your bones. But calcium needs vitamin K2 to help regulate its metabolism.
Research shows that people around the world aren't getting enough vitamin K2.1, 2 And without adequate vitamin K2, especially in its menaquinone-7 form, K2-7, calcium may build up in areas where it should not.3
Learn more about the benefits of K2-7 and why you likely aren't getting enough of it in our white paper "Vitamin K2 insufficiency - an overlooked opportunity?" Download now.
The form of vitamin K2 that the body can best absorb and utilize is called K2-7. But K2-7 can be tricky to get from your diet because it’s only found in fermented foods.4, 5
You can get small amounts of vitamin K2-7 from fermented foods like cheese and sauerkraut, but it’s not nearly enough to cover the body’s needs.4 See how much vitamin K2-7 these foods contain in the animation.
Unlike other fermented foods, one Japanese staple offers an abundance of vitamin K2-7: Natto. In this fermented soybean dish, K2-7 is produced by B. subtilis. And because of the high concentrations, natto has been linked to reduced incidents of hip fractures in Japanese women who consume a lot of natto.6, 7
Inspired by the natto way, our natural vitamin K2-7 comes from fermented chickpea. And nobody has to start eating high amounts of fermented foods if they can get it from your foods.
In early life, you need calcium to grow strong bones while the aging population needs to slow calcium loss to maintain strong bones. Meanwhile, after the age of 40, there is increased incidence of arterial calcification.8 Overall, calcium is an integral part of a healthy life with strong bones and body. However, to optimize the utilization of calcium in the body, you need vitamin K2.
By making sure calcium is used in the right way and in the right places of the body, our natural vitamin K2-7, MenaquinGold®, helps support healthy bones and cardiovascular health9. All to fulfill different consumer needs at different stages of life.
Help consumers get fit for life with new K2 health benefits from your foods.
Vitamin K2 is key to your bone health. In our on-demand webinar, you can learn why.
Join our experts in this webinar, where you’ll learn how vitamin K2 works, why it’s important to your overall health and why it’s massively under-consumed today. Find out how K2 is the missing piece for bone health around the world and how you can help consumers get more of it.
What if you could offer amazing consumer benefits that elevate your products' healthy halo?
If you want to get started with vitamin K2-7 for bone strength, we can help! We’ve even got ideas for how you can position your brand with new claims or develop new product lines based on the bone strength benefits of natural vitamin K2-7.
Download our inspirational catalogue to access 7 ideas for building claims and branding your product with vitamin K2-7 MenaquinGold®
MenaquinGold® vitamin K2-7 is based on one of nature's most healthful legumes: chickpeas.
By fermenting chickpeas to extract the vital K2-7 vitamin, you get a natural, soy-free and effective vitamin for your foods and beverages.
One of the most effective versions of vitamin K2 is MK7, also known as vitamin K2-7. That's because this vitamin is very biologically active, which means it ensures better uptake in the body and supports calcium distribution better than other versions.
Derived from the fermentation of plants, there's nothing synthetic about our vitamin K2-7 solution. Plus, it's GMO-free.
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