Patent ID: 8591919

Claim:
A nutritional composition comprising at least two different beta-galacto-oligosaccharides A and B wherein (a) A has the structure of Gal n -Glu and/or Gal m , with n=2 to 6 and m=2 to 7, wherein the sum of beta 1,4 and beta 1,6 linkages represents at least 80% of the total number of linkages between galactose residues in A, and (b) B has the structure of Gal n -Glu and/or Gal m , with n=2 to 6 and m=2 to 7, wherein beta 1,3 linkages represents at least 80% of the total number of linkages between galactose residues in B, (c) the weight ratio of A:B is between 1:1 and 5:1; and (d) the sum of beta-galacto-oligosaccharides A and B is 250-2500 mg per 100 ml of the nutritional composition.