Food Applications
Lactulose is also a food ingredient, better known as galactofructose, with sweet taste and offering beneficial health benefits on digestive health. Galactofructose is a milk-derived disaccharide obtained by a simple isomerisation of lactose. It is recognized for its digestive qualities by the EFSA (European Food Safety Authorities) and KFDA (Korean Food & Drug Administration). Its bifidogenic property was first identified for infant food formulas, already in 1957 when the growth of the bifidogenic bacteria in infants by adding galactofructose to their diet was studied. Two years later it was also shown to be effective to regulate transit disorders through its osmotic effect.
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