What is the Role of Fos Gos Inulin and Oligofructose Fos?

1. Fos gos inulin

Fos gos inulin is a white or milky powder with a slightly sweet taste, soluble in water, chemically stable, and rarely decomposes at high temperatures.

Fos gos inulin is an energy storage form of plants. It is a linear straight-chain non-digestible fructan composed of fructose connected by β(2-1) bonds, often with a glucose at the end, and the degree of polymerization is usually 2 ~ Between 60, the average is 10~30, fos gos inulin is actually a mixture of various fructans with different degrees of polymerization.

Fos gos inulin is extracted from the pure natural plant chicory or Jerusalem artichoke. It is a water-soluble dietary fiber, and it is scientifically recognized as the most representative prebiotic;

Fos gos inulin is a relatively comprehensive basic prebiotic, which can be said to be a mixture of oligofructose fos and polyfructose. It is a food favored by many types of beneficial bacteria and acts on the entire colon;

Fos gos inulin originated in Europe and was first extracted by Germans in 1804. It has been used on a large scale in Europe for more than 20 years. Most of European fos gos inulin comes from chicory. Chicory fos gos inulin is a food additive recognized by China, the European Union and the United States. used in various foods;

Fos gos inulin cannot be decomposed by the body's own digestive enzymes in the stomach and small intestine, and does not directly generate energy. Fos gos inulin is fermented by bacteria in the large intestine. It can be said that fos gos inulin is a new type of good, rich in dietary fiber and prebiotic properties.

The role of fos gos inulin is mainly reflected in: it helps intestinal health and improves intestinal function. Inulin has a two-way regulating effect on constipation and diarrhea; helps to regulate blood sugar and blood lipids; prevents obesity; promotes the absorption of mineral elements, especially is calcium absorption.

2. Oligofructose fos

Fructooligosaccharides refer to functional oligosaccharides with a degree of polymerization of 2 to 9 in which fructosyl groups are linked by β-2,1 glycosidic bonds, and belong to food ingredients.

According to the structure, oligofructose fos can be divided into two types: cane fruit type and fruit fruit type. There are two sources of fructooligosaccharides, one comes from chicory, which is hydrolyzed from fos gos inulin, also called natural fructooligosaccharides; the other comes from sucrose, also called synthetic fructooligosaccharides;

Fructooligosaccharide is also a water-soluble dietary fiber, one of the most representative prebiotics recognized by the scientific community. Fructooligosaccharide acts on the front end of the colon (ascending colon), is preferentially fermented by bifidobacteria, and efficiently promotes the proliferation of bifidobacteria;

Like fos gos inulin, oligofructose fos has a prebiotic effect. Improve intestinal function, prevent constipation and diarrhea, help regulate blood sugar and blood lipids, promote mineral absorption, etc.

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