Patent ID: 7601364

Claim:
A carbohydrate mixture for dietetic foods and pharmaceuticals comprising at least two soluble carbohydrate components A and B, which remain undigested in the gastrointestinal tract and enter the large intestine without being resorbed, carbohydrate component A comprising oligosaccharides having 2 to 6 monosaccharide units, 80 to 100 weight percent of which oligosaccharides are galacto-oligosaccharides, and carbohydrate component B comprising polysaccharides having 7 or more monosaccharide units, 80 to 100 weight percent of which polysaccharides are fructo-polysaccharides, wherein the mixture comprises about 90 weight percent of carbohydrate component A and about 10 weight percent carbohydrate component B based on the sum of the carbohydrate components A+B.