Patent ID: 6730661
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A23K,A23L,A23V,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method of reducing the uptake of molecular weight substances above 4000 Da, allergens and microorganisms through the intestinal wall, comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof a nutritional composition containing a polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of dextrans having a molecular weight of 8 kD to 40,000 kD, hydrolysed glucomannans having a molecular weight of 0.5 kD to 1,000 kD and hydrolysed galactomannans other than guar gum or hydrolysed guar gum, having a molecular weight of 0.5 kD to 1,000 kD, the polysaccharide being present in the nutritional composition only in an amount to cause an increase in the viscosity of the nutritional composition which is less than 10 m.Pa.s.