Executive Summary

The present work shows the possibilities and ways in which it could export yacon
from producing areas of Cajamarca. Basically, the study focuses on
yacon and dietary prebiotic properties thanks to its high content of
Fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), and their ability to enter the yogurt market in the form
syrup, as a low calorie sweetener and, simultaneously, as a functional food or
beneficial to health.

 This industry was chosen because it is the one with a higher
quantity of products with FOS.

It is with this idea that markets were analyzed in greater production of yogurt
Prebiotics: United States and the European Union and concluded that these are
potential export markets yacon syrup