CPC A23L 27/33 (2016.08) [A23L 29/30 (2016.08); A23L 33/24 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)] | 26 Claims |
1. A sweetener composition for human consumption comprising oligosaccharides comprising cello-oligosaccharides and xylo-oligosaccharides, wherein:
the cello-oligosaccharides comprise 5% to 50% by dry weight of a total content of cello-oligosaccharides and xylo-oligosaccharides in the sweetener composition, the cello-oligosaccharides having a degree of polymerization (DP) from two to six, wherein at least 30% by dry weight of the cello-oligosaccharides comprise cellobiose; and
the xylo-oligosaccharides comprise 50% to 95% by dry weight of the total content of the cello-oligosaccharides and the xylo-oligosaccharides in the sweetener composition, the xylo-oligosaccharides having a DP from two to twelve, wherein at least 30% by dry weight of the xylo-oligosaccharides comprise xylo-oligosaccharides with a DP from two to six.
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