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Inulin-type fructans and short-chain fructooligosaccharides-their role within the food industry as fat and sugar replacers and texture modifiers-what needs to be considered!
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- Pooled it
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- Application of Chicory Root Inulin and Commercial Inulin in Various Food Products and Impact on Their Quality.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Production and functional applications of fructooligosaccharides and their core bioactive components.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- Detection of bacteria affected by roasted burdock tea powder and fructooligosaccharide in human faecal culture.Molecular biology reports · 2025Article
- Techno-Functional Properties and Applications of Inulin in Food Systems.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Prebiotic Oligosaccharides in Skin Health: Benefits, Mechanisms, and Cosmetic Applications.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Modulation of the Altered Intestinal Microbiota by Use of Antibiotics with a Novel Synbiotic on Wistar Rats.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2025Article
- Use of Inulin and Pumpkin Oil in the Manufacture of High-Quality Mortadella-Style Sausage from Buffalo Meat.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Unlocking the prebiotic carbohydrates: Insights into the types, preparation, health benefits and future utilizations of selected Indonesian exotic fruit seeds as a potential source of prebiotics.Food chemistry: X · 2025Review
- Classifying compounds as prebiotics - scientific perspectives and recommendations.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025Review
- Effect of thermal and non-thermal processing on fermentable oligo-di-monosaccharides and polyols (FODMAPs) content in millet, sorghum, soybean and sesame varieties.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Improving quality of poultry and its meat products with probiotics, prebiotics, and phytoextracts.Poultry science · 2024Review
- Properties, Structure, and Acceptability of Innovative Legume-Based Biscuits with Alternative Sweeteners.International journal of food science · 2024Article
- Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing Revealed the Prebiotic Potential of a Fruit Juice Drink with Fermentable Fibres in Healthy Humans.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Microbial inulinase promotes fructan hydrolysis under simulated gastric conditions.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Inulin-type fructans and short-chain fructooligosaccharides-their role within the food industry as fat and sugar replacers and texture modifiers-what needs to be considered!Food science & nutrition · 2023Review
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Abstract
Inulin and oligofructose are classes of prebiotics belonging to a group of nondigestible carbohydrates referred to as inulin-type fructans. While short-chain fructooligosaccharides are enzymatically synthesized from the hydrolysis and transglycosylation of sucrose. Inulin-type fructans and short-chain fructooligosaccharides act as carbon sources for selective pathways supporting digestive health including altering the composition of the gut microbiota along with improving transit time. Due to their physicochemical properties, inulin-type fructans and short-chain fructooligosaccharides have been widely used in the food industry as partial replacements for both fat and sugar. Yet, levels of replacement need to be carefully considered as it may result in changes to physical and sensory properties that could be detected by consumers. Furthermore, it has been reported depending on the processing parameters used during production that inulin-type fructans and short-chain fructooligosaccharides may or may not undergo structural alterations. Therefore, this paper reviews the role of inulin-type fructans and short-chain fructooligosaccharides within the food industry as fat and sugar replacers and texture modifiers, their impact on final sensory properties, and to what degree processing parameters are likely to impact their functional properties.
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