Dietetic foodstuff containing low calorie bulking agent
US4871571A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 1987 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23G2200/06
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A bulking agent which can replace sucrose and other soluble simple carbohydrates in food, the active component of which is a glucose oligomer or a mixture of glucose oligomers, DP=3, or 4, wherein each oligomer exhibits one beta-1,3-glucosidic bond, all other bonds being beta-1,4-glucosidic bonds. The bulking agent has a satisfactory taste and a satisfactory stability at low pH values. The bulking agent can be produced by hydrolysis of .beta.-glucan.
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