Patent ID: 8057840

Claim:
A food product that comprises an oligosaccharide composition that is digestion resistant or slowly digestible and that is made by a process comprising: heating an aqueous feed composition that comprises at least one monosaccharide or linear saccharide oligomer, and that has a solids concentration of at least about 70% by weight, to a temperature of at least about 40Â° C.; and contacting the feed composition with at least one catalyst that accelerates the rate of cleavage or formation of glucosyl bonds for a time sufficient to cause formation of non-linear saccharide oligomers, wherein the oligosaccharide composition contains a higher concentration of non-linear saccharide oligomers than linear saccharide oligomers, and comprises non-linear saccharide oligomers having a degree of polymerization of at least three in a concentration of at least about 20% by weight on a dry solids basis.