Table 1.

Doses of the Bimuno^® galacto-oligosaccharide (B-GOS) syrups tested (equivalent to 0·1, 0·05 and 0·033 g/l) in 100 ml working volume vessels during 24 h of fermentation in pH- and volume-controlled batch fermentation experiments

Vessel	Treatment	Syrup (g)	DM	GOS in 100 ml
1	B-GOS (52 % GOS content)	2·66	2	1
2	B-GOS (52 % GOS content)	1·33	1	0·5
3	B-GOS (52 % GOS content)	0·88	0·66	0·33
4	B-GOS (65 % GOS content)	2·05	1·54	1
5	B-GOS (65 % GOS content)	1·02	0·77	0·5
6	B-GOS (65 % GOS content)	0·68	0·51	0·33
7	Negative control (only faeces)