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Table 2 Selection, source, and dosage of prebiotic ingredients for dietary supplementation

From: Prebiotic supplementation in frail older people affects specific gut microbiota taxa but not global diversity

Ingredient [Reference]

Trial

Outcomes

Supplier/product code

g/mix

Wheat dextrin [43]

Intensive care unit patients (~ 65 years)

10–22 g/day × 2–5 weeks

Increase in Firmicutes, butyrate-producing bacteria (Eubacterium hallii, Eubacterium rectale, Roseburia intestinalis, Clostridia cluster XIVa), starch degrading bacteria (Ruminococcus bromii, Ruminococcus obeum, Sporobacter terminitidis), Fecalibacterium prausnitzii, Bifidobacterium spp., & SCFA levels

Ingredion/Nutriose FB 06

3

Resistant starch [24]

Rats 10%–20 weeks

Reduced incidence of colon carcinogenesis possibly through an increase in butyrate

Ingredion/Novelose 330

10

Polydextrose [3]

Healthy males (20–40 years)

21 g/day × 21 days

Increase in Faecalibacterium, Phascolarctobacterium and Dialister

Danisco/Litesse

3

Soluble corn fiber [3]

Healthy males (20–40 years)

21 g/day × 21 days

Increase in Faecalibacterium, Phascolarctobacterium, Dialister, Roseburia and Lactobacillus

Tate and Lyle/ SCF 22–5421/Promitor soluble fiber 85

3

Galactooligo-saccharide [4]

Healthy humans (19–50 years)

5–10 g/day × 16 weeks

Bifidogenic, increase in Fecalibacterium prausnitzii and Actinobacteria and reduction in Bacteroides

Friesland Campina/Vivinal GOS

2

Total max daily supplement

21