LOW CALORIE BULKING AGENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, USE THEREOF, AND NUTRIENT OR STIMULANT CONTAINING THE LOW CALORIE BULKING AGENT

摘要

The bulking agent can replace sucrose and other soluble simplecarbohydrates in food, and the active component thereof is aglucose oligomer or a mixture of glucose oligomers, in whichDP = 3 or 4, and whereby 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 satisfactorystability at low pH values. The bulking agent can be produced byhydrolysis of .beta.-glucan.