Fructooligosaccharides (including fructooligosaccharides from sucrose, chicory and Jerusalem artichoke) belong to food ingredients, which is basically consistent with the evaluation of fructooligosaccharides by the European Union and the United States. The standard also refers to GRAS bulletin GRN000044 of FDA, and gives the recommended addition amount of fructooligosaccharides in some foods.
It should be noted that the recommended application scope of fructooligosaccharides in national standards is ordinary food. If fructooligosaccharides are added to infant formula food, the application scope and dosage of fructooligosaccharides as food additives (nutritional fortifiers) should follow the announcementNo. 1 1 issued by the Ministry of Health in 2009.
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Fructooligosaccharides have exact health care function and excellent double quality of food ingredients. It has excellent physiological functions such as low calorific value, no dental caries, promoting the proliferation of Bifidobacterium, lowering blood sugar, improving blood lipid and promoting the absorption of trace elements.
In recent years, among many oligosaccharide foods, fructooligosaccharides are recognized by international nutritionists as "water-soluble dietary fiber with excellent indigestibility", which can adjust the microecological balance of human body in two directions. It is a typical super-strong bifidus factor, favored by modern food manufacturers and consumers, and widely used in the third generation of health food.
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