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A growing awareness of the relationship between diet and health has led to an increasing demand for foodproducts that support health beyond simply providing basic nutrition. Digestivehealth is the largest segment of the burgeoning functional food market worldwide. Incorporation of bioactiveoligosaccharides into foods can yield health benefits in the gastrointestinaltract and other parts of the body that are linked via the immune system. Because oligosaccharides can be added to a wide variety of foodstuffs, there ismuch interest within the food industry in.