Patent ID: 7618951

Claim:
A method for treating hyperglycemic syndrome and/or type II diabetes in a subject, comprising: administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of prebiotic non-digestible oligosaccharides comprising glucooligosaccharides (GOS) whose degree of polymerization is from 2 to 10, the composition of said glucooligosaccharides (GOS) being as follows (dry matter content): less than 1% fructose, less than 4% glucose, 9-11% disaccharides wherein at least one disaccharide is selected from the group consisting of maltose, leucrose, and sacharose, 9-11% trisaccharides selected from the group consisting of panose and maltotriose, 5 to 7% GOS with a degree of polymerization 4, 8 to 10% GOS* with a degree of polymerization 4, 18 to 22% GOS with a degree of polymerization 5, 36 to 44% GOS with a degree of polymerization greater than 5, and wherein each GOS comprises a glycosidic α(1 →2) bond at its non-reducing end or carried by the next-to-last glucose, with the exception of GOS* which does not contain any.