OsmoAid™

OsmoAid™ is a gentle osmotic laxative. It is the brand name for Danisco’s Lactitol, a disaccharide sugar alcohol, which has been used for more than 20 years to promote gut mobility in constipated individuals. 
Unlike conventional laxatives, OsmoAid™  works gently by:

• Lowering colonic pH and stimulating peristalsis (the rippling and wave-lie motion that contracts and relaxes the bowel muscles)
• Increasing the osmotic pressure in the intestinal lumen, resulting in an increase in faecal volume.

Depending on age and individual needs, OsmoAid™ is best taken orally in doses between 150mg-40g/day. It is well tolerated and can be ingested by all age groups without any health concerns.

Available in a sweet-tasting, odourless crystalline powder, OsmoAid™ is widely recognised as a food ingredient for use in food products and dietary supplements, and has been approved by both the FAO and WHO.