Dietary fiber composition
AssigneeNovartis AG
InventorsNils William Ahlgren, Ronald Lee Dahl, Monte Lee Friesen, Alexander Mark Schobel
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Abstract
The present invention provides a chewable composition containing granules of water-soluble dietary fiber. The chewable composition has highly agreeable organolpetic properties and is consumable without the need of an ingestion aid.
Claims14
A chewable fiber composition comprising compressed granules, wherein said granules comprise a water-soluble dietary fiber and said fiber comprises fructooligosaccharide, arabinogalactan or mixtures thereof, and said granules have a size distribution of less than 10% by weight of granules having particle size larger than about 850 μm and less than 35% by weight of granules having particle size smaller than about 75 μm.
A chewable fiber composition comprising agglomerated granules, said granules comprising a water-soluble fiber and at least 50 wt % of said water-soluble fiber is fructooligosaccharide, arabinogalactan or mixtures thereof, wherein the fructooligosaccharide has an average degree of polymerization of less than 8 monomeric fructose units.
A chewable tablet comprising agglomerated granules, wherein said granules comprise a water-soluble fiber of fructooligosaccharide, arabinogalactan or mixtures thereof, wherein the fructooligosaccharide has an average degree of polymerization of less than 8 monomeric fructose units, said tablet having a hardness between 10 kp and 20 kp.
A chewable fiber composition comprising compressed granules wherein said granules comprise a water-soluble dietary fiber and said fiber comprises fructooligosaccharide, arabinogalactan or mixtures thereof, the fructooligosaccharide having a degree of polymerization at less than 8 monomeric fructose units, and said granules have a size of distribution of less than 10% by weight of granules having particle size larger than about 850 μm and less than 35% by weight of granules having particle size smaller than about 75 μm.
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