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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Novo Industri A/S, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ; A23L / ; A23G / ; A21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426548 ; 426549 ; 426565 ; 426590 ; 426658 ; 435 95 ;
Abstract
A bulking agent which can replace sucrose and other soluble simple carbohydrates in food, the active component of which is a glucose oligomer or a mixture of glucose oligomers, DP=3, or 4, wherein each oligomer exhibits one beta-1,3-glucosidic bond, all other bonds being beta-1,4-glucosidic bonds. The bulking agent has a satisfactory taste and a satisfactory stability at low pH values. The bulking agent can be produced by hydrolysis of .beta.-glucan.