Table 1 Substrates used for in vitro fermentations with freshly weaned piglet colon content

1. Sugar Beet Pulp (SBPulp) (dried, 1 mm particle size)

n.d

n.d

I

GalA: 31.2, Rha: 2.7, Ara: 26.9, Gal: 7.0, other:32.2

n.d

41.7 ± 1.6

CP Kelco

2. Sugar Beet Pectin (SBP)*

52

21

69 kDa

GalA: 71.9, Rha: 4.8, Ara: 6.6, Gal: 13.5, other:3.1

2.8

50.5 ± 3.0

CP Kelco

3. RG-I Sugar Beet (SBP-RG-I)*

CP Kelco

4. Sugar Beet LM 1B, Random (LM1B)

44.8

20.1

175 kDa

GalA: 73

2.6

n.d

CP Kelco

5. Sugar Beet LM 1C, Random (LM1C)

37.8

20.3

183 kDa

GalA: 71

2.5

n.d

CP Kelco

6. Sugar Beet LM 1D, Random (LM1D)

22.9

20.4

101 kDa

GalA: 69

2.2

n.d

CP Kelco

7. Sugar Beet LM 2, Blocky (LM2)

35.1

20.5

54 kDa

GalA: 69

1.4

n.d

CP Kelco

8. Sugar Beet LM 2A, Blocky (LM2A)

44.4

20.5

124 kDa

GalA: 73

2.1

n.d

CP Kelco

9. Arabino-oligosaccharides (ModAr)

n.d

n.d

DP 2-15

GalA: 10.4, Rha: 2.5, Ara: 75.1, Gal: 9.6, other:2.4

n.d

52.5 ± 2.9

Holck 2011

10. Arabinan (Ar) from Sugar Beet

n.d

n.d

49 kDa

GalA: 10.2, Rha: 1.4, Ara: 69.0, Gal: 18.7, other:0.7

n.d

n.d

Megazyme

11. Debranched Arabinan (DebAr)

n.d

n.d

28 kDa

GalA: 6.0, Rha: 2.0, Ara: 88, Gal: 4

n.d

n.d

Megazyme

12. Polygalacturonic Acid (C-PG)

n.d

n.d

PI, 13 kDa

n.d

n.d

Sigma Aldrich

13. JEH modified Pectin from Sugar Beet: enriched RGI fraction from sugar beet (ModSBP)

n.d

n.d

50 kDa

GalA: 49.4, Rha: 7.5, Ara: 11.7, Gal: 16.5, other:15.0

n.d

n.d

Holck 2011 tailored

14. Citrus HMP (C-HMP)*

15. RG-I Citrus (C-RG-I)*

n.d

n.d

n.d

n.d

CP Kelco

16. Inulin from chicory (Inulin)

n.d

n.d

PI, 2 kDa

n.d

n.d

Sigma Aldrich

17. Fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) (Orafti P95; Oreye, Belgium)

n.d

n.d

DP 2-13

n.d

n.d

Beneo-Orafti

18. Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS)

n.d

n.d

DP 2–8

n.d

n.d

Beneo-Orafti

19. Pea Pectin (PP)

n.d

n.d

n.d

n.d

CP Kelco

20. Arabinogalactan (AG)

n.d

n.d

n.d

n.d

Sigma-Aldrich