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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1991
Keith A Garleb, Powell, OH (US);
James N Chmura, Pickerington, OH (US);
Paul S Anloague, Columbus, OH (US);
Mary B Cunningham, Westerville, OH (US);
David C Sertl, Westerville, OH (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
Taken as a whole a blend of dietary fiber contains, by weight: 5% to 50% of a dietary fiber which is both soluble and fermentable; 5% to 20% of a dietary fiber which is both soluble and non-fermentable; and 45% to 80% of a dietary fiber which is both insoluble and non-fermentable. Preferably, the dietary fiber which is both soluble and fermentable is gum arabic; the dietary fiber which is both soluble and non-fermentable is sodium carboxymethylcellulose; and the dietary fiber which is both insoluble and non-fermentable is oat hull fiber.