Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredient Origin
- Supplied By
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Pharma & Nutraceuticals Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Food Ingredients Features
- Product Highlights
- Oligofructose consists of oligosaccharides composed of fructose units linked together by ß-(2,1)-linkages.
- Part of the fructose chains are terminated by a glucose unit. The number of fructose and glucose units in oligofructose (Degree of Polymerization = DP) ranges mainly between 2 and 8.
Applications & Uses
Properties
- Physical Form
- Taste
- Slightly sweet
- Note
Nutritional Information
- 1 Applying the energy conversion factor of 8 kJ/g or 2 kcal/g as laid down for all fibres in the EU and for all soluble non-digestible carbohydrates in the US
- 2 Applicable to EU: saturates also negligible; Applicable to US: saturates, trans fats and cholesterol also negligible
- 3 Negligible means "0" according to applicable rounding rules
- 4 Applicable to US: Total carbohydrate includes dietary fibre
- 5 Applicable to EU: Carbohydrate does not include dietary fibre
- 6 Further information available upon request
- 7 EU/US dietary fibre definition: non-digestible carbohydrate oligo- or polymers with three or more monomeric units (DP ≥ 3); excludes inulobiose
Physico-Chemical Properties
- 1 or validated equivalent
- 2 CoA: % carbohydrates (HPLC)
Regulatory & Compliance
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Type
- Regional Availability
Storage & Handling
- Storage and Shelf Life Conditions
- Recommended storage conditions Temperature < 25 °C, Relative humidity below 60%
- 4 years in bags from date of production under recommended storage conditions in its original unopened packaging
- 3 years in Big Bags from date of production under recommended storage conditions in its original unopened packaging
- Orafti®Organic OF is a fine powder and can cause dust explosions when mixed with air (typical for powder)