The digestion process of the sugar alcohol isomalt in the intestinal tract of the pig: 2 Studies with administration of isomalt as a sweet
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In a study with ten pigs of 60-70 kg live weight, provided with a re-entrant cannula at the end of the ileum, and sixteen intact, non-cannulated pigs, the digestion and absorption of a dietary dose of 100 g isomalt/kg, and isomalt given between the meals as a 'sweet' on the basis of 50 and 100 g/kg feed consumption, were examined. In all three isomalt treatments slightly less than 0.40 of the isomalt consumed was digested in the small intestine when the calculations were based on ileal sugar passage. However, when basing the calculations on energy contents of ileal chyme, only approximately 0.10 was digested in the small intestine. The bacterial fermentation of the isomalt flowing into the large intestine was indicated by a decreased faecal energy digestibility and a slight reduction in faecal dry matter and nitrogen digestibility. The retention of the minerals sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium and phosphorus was not influenced to any measurable extent when isomalt was fed. Chemicals/CAS: calcium, 7440-70-2; isomalt, 64519-82-0; magnesium, 7439-95-4; nitrogen, 7727-37-9; phosphorus, 7723-14-0; potassium, 7440-09-7; sodium, 7440-23-5; Carbohydrates; Disaccharides; Minerals; Nitrogen, 7727-37-9; Palatinit, 64519-82-0; Sugar Alcohols; Sweetening Agents
Topics
Disaccharide alcoholsIsomaltPigsSugar digestionCalciumIsomaltMagnesiumNitrogenPhosphorusPotassiumSodiumSugar alcoholAnimal experimentCannulaControlled studyDose time effect relationEnergyFermentationIleumIntestine absorptionLarge intestineNonhumanSmall intestineAnimalAnimal FeedCarbohydratesComparative StudyDigestionDisaccharidesEnergy MetabolismFecesGastrointestinal TransitIntestine, LargeIntestine, SmallIntestinesMaleMineralsModels, BiologicalNitrogenSugar AlcoholsSweetening AgentsSwine
TNO Identifier
232124
ISSN
00071145
Source
British Journal of Nutrition, 69(2), pp. 467-479.
Pages
467-479