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 simple carbohydrates in food, and the active component thereof is a glucose oligomer or a mixture of glucose oligomers, in which DP = 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 satisfactory stability at low pH values. The bulking agent can be produced by hydrolysis of beta -glucan.