It’s important to eat Benecol products with a meal rather than on their own. This is because eating a meal helps to set the whole digestive process in motion, ensuring that cholesterol is in the digestive system from the foods you eat and from bile, which is made in the liver and helps to digest the fats you eat.

You need to take them every day, with meals, as they work by mixing with food, and in the right amount. If you stop using them, the potential benefit of lowered cholesterol will also stop.

How to get the recommended daily intake of 1.5 – 3.0g of plant stanols to lower your cholesterol from 7 to 12.5% is completely up to you. For example, you could enjoy a Benecol yogurt drink providing 2g with your morning bowl of porridge and a serving of Benecol buttery taste spread, which provides 0.7g on your lunchtime baked potato.