FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS FOS FRUCTOLIGOSACCHARIDES carbohydrates forming a short linear chain of fructose (2-9 units) with a single glucose unit at the head present as a plant storage carbohydrates in a number of vegetables and plants including wheat and other cereals, onion, bananas, garlic and chicory soluble in water non digestible in the small intestine (1.5 kcal/g) typically non viscous highly fermentable PREBIOTIC EFFECT n Mitsuoka et al.,1987; Tashiro et al., 1992; Spiegel et al., 1994 III PASTA WORLD CONGRESS, 23 rd – 26 th October 2005 D' Egidio et al.
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