Table 1.

Compositional data of batches of XOS‐95P, XOS‐70P and XOS‐70L produced between 2012 and 2015

	XOS 95P (56 batches)			XOS 70P (73 batches)			XOS 70L (127 batches)
Parameter	Mean	Min.	Max.	Mean	Min.	Max.	Mean	Min.	Max.
Moisture (%)	2.63	2.58	2.73	2.59	2.23	2.67	‐	‐	‐
Dry material (%)	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	72.3	70.3	73.1
Protein (g/100 g)	0.10	0.071	0.2	0.17	0.12	0.18	0.17	0.14	0.18
Ash (%)	0.05	0.03	0.06	0.06	0.04	0.09	0.12	0.10	0.15
pH	3.89	3.5	4.1	4.13	3.96	4.15	4.22	4.00	4.31
Total carbohydrate content (g/100 g)	98.0	97.67	98.33	96.90	94.27	97.90	75.7	74.75	75.91
XOS content (dry basis) (g/100 g)	95.07	95.01	95.39	73.62	71.5	88.2	76.54	71.5	88.2
Other carbohydrates (g/100 g)a	2.87	2.50	2.94	7.24	1.5	8.2	23.13	17.31	25.54
Monosaccharides total (g/100 g)	2.23	1.35	2.72	4.49	3.23	5.72	21.1	15.61	23.14
Glucose (g/100 g)	0.95	0.82	1.45	2.38	0.76	3.72	3.19	2.01	3.75
Arabinose (g/100 g)	0.69	0.13	0.89	0.25	0.17	0.58	6.45	4.6	6.59
Xylose (g/100 g)	0.59	0.40	0.98	0.86	0.60	0.98	11.46	9.0	12.8
Disaccharides total (g/100 g)	33.42	33.13	35.86	28.71	24.2	30.9	31.71	30.5	34.0
Xylobiose XOS DP2 (g/100 g)	30.65	30.63	32.96	25.96	21.7	28.0	29.68	28.8	31.6
Cellobiose (g/100 g)	2.77	2.5	2.9	2.75	2.5	2.9	2.03	1.7	2.4
Oligosaccharides total (g/100 g)	65.08	41	77	44.65	41.61	51.1	46.87	43.41	53.16
Xylotriose (XOS DP3) (g/100 g)	31.6	26.7	34.0	21.1	18.1	20.9	21.98	19.9	22.8
Xylotetraose (XOS DP4) (g/100 g)	12.7	7.5	36.9	11.8	10.6	12.3	12.28	12.2	13.2
Xylopentaose (XOS DP5) (g/100 g)	17.5	8.0	19.71	6.31	4.98	7.19	6.46	6.13	7.14
Xylohexaose (XOS DP6) (g/100 g)	4.7	4.0	5.03	3.81	3.26	3.96	2.65	2.38	4.22
XOS DP ≥ 7 (g/100 g)	6.4	5.8	6.6	4.70	4.67	7.75	3.50	2.8	5.8
Maltodextrin (g/100 g)b	0	0	0	21	20	25	0	0	0

XOS: xylo‐oligosaccharides; DP: degree of polymerisation.

^aOther carbohydrates include monosaccharides (glucose, xylose and arabinose) and cellobiose.

^bMaltodextrin content is calculated according to the amount added in the process.