HARD GROUND SUGAR COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF FOOD OR ITS HALF-FINISHED PRODUCT WITH USE OF SUGAR COMPOSITION

摘要

A non-gelling water-soluble sugar beet fibre having serum cholesterol-lowering properties is obtained from sugar beet or sugar beet pulp by extraction with water at temperatures above 70 DEG C, preferably above 90 DEG C, more preferably 95-100 DEG C. Preferably, the starting material is sugar beet pulp from which the sugar has already been extracted in a conventional sugar extraction process.