Fructo-oligosaccharides powder

What is fructo-oligosaccharides? Fructo-oligosaccharide(FOS) is an important type in oligosaccharides, also called as kestose oligosaccharide. It refers to kestose, nystose, 1F-fructofuranosylnystose and their mixtures that fructose residues of sucrose molecule, by β(2—1)glucosidic bond, connect with 1~3  fructosyls. It’s an excellent soluble dietary fiber. As a special health food, FOS has a significant effect in improving stomach and intestine’s function, lowing blood fat, regulating body balance and improving immunity. So it is widely used in health food, beverage, dairy products, candies, feed industry and medical, hairdressing industry. Its application prospect is very spacious.

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1. Sweetness and taste The sweetness of 50%~60%FOS is 60% of saccharose, The sweetness of 95%FOS is 30% of saccharose, and it has more refreshing and pure taste, without any bad smell. 2. Low calorie FOS can’t be decomposed by α-amylase、 invertase and maltase,can’t be used as energy by human body, don’t increase blood glucose. FOS’s calorie is only 6.3KJ/g,which is very suitable for patients with diabetes and obesity. 3. Viscosity During the temperature of 0℃~70℃,FOS’s viscosity is similar to isomeric sugar,but it will decrease with the increase of temperature. 4. Water activity FOS’s water activity is slightly higher than saccharose 5. Moisture retention FOS's moisture retention is similar to sorbitol and caramel.
Maltitol
No. Specfication Mean Particle size
1 Maltitol C 20-80mesh
2 Maltitol C300 Pass 80 mesh
3 Maltitol CM50 200-400 mesh
What’s the product application ?Fructo-oligosaccharides are commonly used by mouth for constipation. Some people use them for weight loss, to prevent traveler's diarrhea, and to treat high cholesterol levels and osteoporosis. But there is limited scientific research to support these other uses. Fructo-oligosaccharides are also used as prebiotics. Don't confuse prebiotics with probiotics, which are live organisms, like lactobacillus, bifidobacteria, and saccharomyces, and are good for your health. Prebiotics act as food for these probiotic organisms. People sometimes take probiotics with prebiotics by mouth to increase the number of probiotics in their intestine. In foods, fructo-oligosaccharides are used as a sweetener.

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