Patent ID: 8580295

Claim:
A carbohydrate composition 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, (a) carbohydrate component A consisting of oligosaccharides having 2 to 6 monosaccharide units, at least 60 weight percent of which oligosaccharides are galacto-oligosaccharides; and, (b) carbohydrate component B consisting of polysaccharides having 7 to 100 monosaccharide units, at least 60 weight percent of which polysaccharides are fructo-polysaccharides, wherein the composition comprises 80 to 95 weight percent of carbohydrate component A and 5 to 20 weight percent of carbohydrate component B based on the sum of carbohydrate components A+B.