BIFIDOGENIC HYPOALLERGENIC GOS COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING THE SAME INVOLVING BETA-GALACTOSIDASE FROM A STRAIN OF LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SSP BULGARICUS

摘要

The invention relates to the field of hypoallergenic oligosaccharides for use in nutritional compositions, in particular to oligosaccharides having prebiotic properties. Provided is a hypoallergenic oligosaccharide composition comprising galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS), wherein (i) the galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) content is at least 40% by weight of the total dry matter of the composition; (ii) the allolactose content is at least 10% by weight of the total dry matter of the composition; (iii) the 6'-GL content is at least 30% by weight of the total GOS in the composition; and (iv) at least 0.5 % by weight of the total GOS has a polymerization degree (DP) of six or more. The GOS composition does not trigger GOS-allergy as assessed in a basophil activation test (BAT).