FOSSENCE® is short chain fructo-oligosaccharide (sc-FOS) which is a soluble prebiotic dietary fibre. ScFOS are linear chains of 2–4 fructose units, with each individual chain terminated by glucose. FOSSENCE®, as an ingredient for food application, its properties are similar to sugar. It is slightly more hygroscopic in nature and depending on application category, it can give advantages or challenges. When FOSSENCE® is incorporated in powder blend, lower humidity environment can help product be free flowing. In normal food product manufacturing process, FOSSENCE® can be processed same way as sugar. FOSSENCE® is stable in pH range 5 to 8 and can be incorporated in most of the food & beverages categories. Food & beverages with ph <4, like carbonated beverages, sc-FOS may hydrolyze to mono and disaccharides.
