Inventors:
Michael D. Harrison - Decatur IL, US
James C. Purdue - West Lafayette IN, US
Penelope A. Patton - Decatur IL, US
Andrew J. Hoffman - Mt. Zion IL, US
James M. Gaddy - Decatur IL, US
Chi-Li Liu - Decatur IL, US
Robert V. Schanefelt - Decatur IL, US
Richard W. Armentrout - Decatur IL, US
Michelle P. Schwenk - Decatur IL, US
Rachel A. Wicklund - Decatur IL, US
Marianne Claessens - Vilvoorde, BE
Eric M. Reamer - North Syracuse NY, US
Shawn E. Sprankle - Decatur IL, US
Sanjiv H. Avashia - Decatur IL, US
Peter M. Gautchier - McHenry IL, US
Robert L. Olsen - Decatur IL, US
Judy L. Turner - Decatur IL, US
Timothy C. Mertz - St. Charles IL, US
Michael Bunch - Decatur IL, US
Doris A. Dougherty - Decatur IL, US
Michel Lopez - Templeuve, FR
Lori Napier - Decatur IL, US
Ram Santhanagopalan - Forsyth IL, US
Assignee:
Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC - Decatur IL
International Classification:
A23G 3/00
US Classification:
426658, 426548, 426659, 426660, 435105
Abstract:
A food product comprises an oligosaccharide composition that is digestion resistant or slowly digestible. The oligosaccharide composition can be produced by a process that comprises producing an aqueous composition that comprises at least one oligosaccharide and at least one monosaccharide by saccharification of starch, membrane filtering the aqueous composition to form a monosaccharide-rich stream and an oligosaccharide-rich stream, and recovering the oligosaccharide-rich stream. Alternatively, the oligosaccharide composition can be produced by a process that comprises heating an aqueous feed composition that comprises at least one monosaccharide or linear saccharide oligomer, and that has a solids concentration of at least about 70% by weight, to a temperature of at least about 40 C. , and contacting the feed composition with at least one catalyst that accelerates the rate of cleavage or formation of glucosyl bonds for a time sufficient to cause formation of non-linear saccharide oligomers, wherein a product composition is produced that contains a higher concentration of non-linear saccharide oligomers than linear saccharide oligomers.