Definition of "oligosaccharides" []

• Plural form of oligosaccharide. (noun)

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• "Invented in 1957 by Richard Marshall and Earl Kooi, the chemically altered corn product is produced by milling corn to create starch; treating this starch with alpha-amylase to produce short chains of sugars, called oligosaccharides; treating these oligosaccharides with glucoamylase, a fungus further breaking down the sugar chains to yield simple sugar glucose; then adding an enzyme, xylose isomerase, converting this glucose into fructose."
• "Could the oligosaccharides in milk prevent diarrhea?"
• "I wonder if throwing some pineapple rinds in with unheated water when soaking beans overnight might have some success in helping to reduce the undigestible oligosaccharides, or if there are some other casera means of reducing gas production from beans."