The science

What’s inside
a truffle.

Truffles are having a moment for good reason. Our soil gives ours unusually high levels of the antioxidant compounds researchers now call a functional food — not just a luxury one.

Rich in
antioxidants
The main event

A superfood you can actually crave.

Truffles are packed with natural antioxidant compounds — the same family that earned berries, green tea and dark chocolate their reputations. These help neutralise free radicals, the unstable molecules our bodies produce as we process food and meet the world.

Laboratory studies of truffle extracts, including white varieties, have repeatedly measured meaningful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity. Every bianca. product starts with the whole, real truffle, grown slowly in our soil.

The little things

The compounds that matter

Naturally present in real truffle — drawn straight from the soil as it grows.

Polyphenols

Free-radical scavengers
Gallic acid, catechin & epicatechin

The same protective compounds found in green tea and dark chocolate — strong scavengers of the free radicals linked to everyday oxidative stress.

Straight from the soil

The truffle makes these to protect itself as it grows underground. They come with it, unprocessed.

Found in fresh truffle

Flavonoids

Anti-inflammatory profile
Kaempferol & baicalein

Well studied for their anti-inflammatory properties — a key reason truffle sits at the heart of our formula.

Works with turmeric

Flavonoids and curcumin belong to the same broad anti-inflammatory story, which is why we pair them.

Found in fresh truffle

Vitamins E & C

Everyday antioxidants
Naturally present

Both black and white truffles carry vitamin C, while some varieties are particularly rich in vitamin E and β-carotene.

Food, not tablets

The vitamins people take supplements for — here in whole-food form.

Found in fresh truffle

Ergosterol

A vitamin D rarity
Vitamin D precursor

A plant sterol and natural precursor of vitamin D that also shows antioxidant activity. Fungi are essentially the only non-animal food that offers it.

Otherwise? Oily fish.

Which makes truffle a genuinely rare, plant-friendly source.

Found in fresh truffle

Polysaccharides

An active research area
β-glucans

The same fibre family that made oats famous — studied for both immunomodulatory and antioxidant benefits.

More to learn

Truffle polysaccharides are being studied in labs worldwide. We think that’s part of the truffle’s charm.

Found in fresh truffle

Ergothioneine

The longevity molecule
An anti-aging antioxidant

A rare amino acid the body can’t make itself, concentrated in fungi and increasingly studied for its role in cellular protection.

Homogentisic acid too

Another antioxidant phenolic frequently detected across truffle species.

Found in fresh truffle

20×
The absorption secret

Truffle, turmeric & pepper — together.

Curcumin — turmeric’s active compound — is famously hard for the body to absorb on its own, and it’s fat-soluble. Adding piperine from black pepper can lift its bioavailability up to twentyfold, and taking it alongside our Truffle Oil gives the fat it needs to be absorbed. That’s why the capsule and the oil are designed to be taken together.

bianca. products are a food, not a medicine. Nothing on this page is dietary or health advice. Compound levels vary naturally from truffle to truffle and season to season.

Further reading

The research behind the ritual

Real ingredients. Real benefits.

Extraordinary flavour. Feel the difference of truffle, done properly.