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US 2017/0000811 A1Published application
Prebiotic oligosaccharides
AssigneesThe Regents of the University of California, DSM Food Specialties USA Inc.
InventorsMariana Barboza, J. Bruce German, Carlito B. Lebrilla, David Mills, Samara Freeman-Sharkey, William Robert King
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Abstract
The present invention provides galacto-oligosaccharide compositions that preferentially stimulate growth of specific Bifidobacterium species and subspecies.
Claims19
A method for stimulating beneficial Bifidobacterium microflora in an animal, the method comprising,
- administering a sufficient amount of the composition of galacto-oligosaccharides, wherein at least 45% of the galacto-oligosaccharides by weight are tetra or penta galacto-oligosaccharides or wherein at least 25% of the galacto-oligosaccharides by weight are tetra galacto-oligosaccharides, to the animal to stimulate colonization of the gut of the animal by at least one beneficial Bifidobacterium strain.
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