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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2010
Zamzam (Fariba) Roughead, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jalil Benyacoub, Lausanne, CH;
Claudia Roessle, Morges, CH;
Jennifer Rae Mager, St. Paul, MN (US);
Julie Ann Swanson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Norman Alan Greenberg, New Hope, MN (US);
Douglas Richard Bolster, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Clara Lucia Garcia Rodenas, Forel, CH;
Florence Rochat, Montreux, CH;
Zamzam (Fariba) Roughead, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jalil Benyacoub, Lausanne, CH;
Claudia Roessle, Morges, CH;
Jennifer Rae Mager, St. Paul, MN (US);
Julie Ann Swanson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Norman Alan Greenberg, New Hope, MN (US);
Douglas Richard Bolster, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Clara Lucia Garcia Rodenas, Forel, CH;
Florence Rochat, Montreux, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to nutritional compositions comprising a fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS) in an amount of 35 to 44% by weight; a polysaccharide that is not a partially hydrolyzed guar gum such as, for example, an arabinogalactan in an amount of 50% to 38% by weight; and inulin in an amount of 12% to 24% by weight. The FOS and the polysaccharide may be present in a weight ratio of about 1:1. More specifically, the FOS and inulin may be present in a weight ratio of about 7:3. Also provided are methods of promoting gut microbiota balance and health. The methods include administering an effective amount of the nutritional composition to patients in need of same.