Inulin products with improved nutritional properties
AssigneeTiense Suikerraffinaderij N.V.
InventorsAnne Frippiat, Jan Van Loo, Georges Smits
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Abstract
Inulin products which consist of a particular mixture of an easily fermentable inulin (EFI) component and a hardly fermentable inulin (HFI) component are provided. The products have advantageous nutritional effects/benefits which include dietary fiber effects, improved mineral absorption, particularly calcium and magnesium, bone mineral density increase, reduction of bone mineral density loss, modulation of lipid metabolism, stimulation of the immune system, and anti-cancer effects.
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A food or feed composition or supplement, comprising a human or animal food or feed, a mixture of an easily fermentable inulin (EFI) component and a hardly fermentable inulin (HFI) component, said food or feed composition or supplement consisting of the following combination of functional ingredients:
- a weight ratio of EFI and HFI ranging from about 40/60 to about 45/55, wherein the EFI component is free from agave inulin and consists of a short-chain inulin with a number average degree of polymerization (DP)<10, the HFI component consists of a long-chain chicory inulin with a number average degree of polymerization (DP)>20, and the total content of inulin in the combined EFI and HFI components with (DP)=9 and (DP)=10 is maximally 5 wt % based on total inulin, determined by gas liquid chromatography (GLC), and a bio-available mineral, said composition providing improved beneficial nutritional properties of inulin without causing adverse intestinal side effects.
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