Dietary fiber composition
The present invention provides a chewable composition containing granules of water-soluble dietary fiber. The chewable composition has highly agreeable organolpetic properties and is consumable without the need of an ingestion aid.
1. A chewable fiber composition comprising compressed granules, wherein said granules comprise a water-soluble dietary fiber and said fiber comprises fructooligosaccharide, arabinogalactan or mixtures thereof, and said granules have a size distribution of less than 10% by weight of granules having particle size larger than about 850 μm and less than 35% by weight of granules having particle size smaller than about 75 μm.
2. The chewable fiber composition of claim 1 , wherein said granules have a size distribution of less than 4% by weight of granules having particle size larger than about 850 μm and less than 20% by weight of granules having particle size smaller than about 75 μm.
3. The chewable fiber composition of claim 1 , wherein said water-soluble fiber comprises fructooligosaccharide having an average degree of polymerization of less than 8 monomeric fructose units.
4. The chewable fiber composition of claim 1 , wherein said composition further comprises maltodextrin and sorbitol.
5. A chewable fiber composition comprising agglomerated granules, said granules comprising a water-soluble fiber and at least 50 wt % of said water-soluble fiber is fructooligosaccharide, arabinogalactan or mixtures thereof, wherein the fructooligosaccharide has an average degree of polymerization of less than 8 monomeric fructose units.
6. The chewable fiber composition of claim 5 , wherein said composition further comprises maltodextrin and sorbitol.
7. A chewable tablet comprising agglomerated granules, wherein said granules comprise a water-soluble fiber of fructooligosaccharide, arabinogalactan or mixtures thereof, wherein the fructooligosaccharide has an average degree of polymerization of less than 8 monomeric fructose units, said tablet having a hardness between 10 kp and 20 kp.
8. The chewable tablet according to claim 7 additionally comprising maltodextrin and sorbitol.
9. The chewable composition according to claim 7 wherein said water-soluble fiber consists essentially of agglomerated granules consisting essentially of fructooligosaccharide having an average degree of polymerization of less than 8 monomeric fructose units.
10. A chewable fiber composition comprising compressed granules wherein said granules comprise a water-soluble dietary fiber and said fiber comprises fructooligosaccharide, arabinogalactan or mixtures thereof, the fructooligosaccharide having a degree of polymerization at less than 8 monomeric fructose units, and said granules have a size of distribution of less than 10% by weight of granules having particle size larger than about 850 μm and less than 35% by weight of granules having particle size smaller than about 75 μm.
11. The composition of claim 10 , wherein the composition comprises 40 to 60 wt % of the water-soluble fiber.
12. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises 40 to 60 wt % of the water-soluble fiber.
13. The composition of claim 5 , wherein the composition comprises 40 to 60 wt % of the water-soluble fiber.
14. The tablet of claim 7 , wherein the tablet comprises 40 to 60 wt % of the water-soluble fiber.