, pleasant tasting easy to use sweet powder, delicious taken off the spoon or mixed into hot drinks, natural source derived from chicory root*, the same fos used in published studies, notice the difference or your money back the active ingredient in flourishe® is a special carbohydrate called fos that is present in small quantities in some vegetables. ours is derived from chicory root as much of the published work on fos has been carried out using chicory & chicory root helps maintain normal intestinal health. please note: cheaper fos made from sugar beet (craftily described as ‘from sugar beet’) is available to the food industry & there are good reasons why we don’t use that in flourishe®.interestingly the average diet provides as little as 2 grams of fos a day while it is estimated that the optimum intake should be 5-10 grams. a heaped teaspoon of flourishe® typically provides 5g of fos.flourishe® is so simple to use; it easily dissolves into hot drinks in place of sugar (especially good in tea) or sprinkled onto cereals or puddings in place of sugar or honey. it tastes so good that many people prefer to just take it ‘off the spoon’. it has a pleasant sweet taste which all ages will love including children (aged 4 years+) & pregnant women.flourishe® is also safe to take long term as it is a natural material that works with your body & not against it so you can decide how long & how much to take. thousands of satisfied customers take flourishe® & you can try it with no risk because if you’re not completely satisfied we’ll refund your money in full.