Galacto-Oligosaccharides (GOS)

Hazard level: No known concerns

What is Galacto-Oligosaccharides (GOS)?

Prebiotic dietary fibre, commonly added to infant formula to mimic breast milk oligosaccharides.

Is Galacto-Oligosaccharides (GOS) safe?

Galacto-Oligosaccharides (GOS) has no known health concerns in the amounts typically used in food.

Score impact: No penalty on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)

Found in 1 of 10,204 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.

Regulatory sources: EFSA

Also known as

Galacto-Oligosaccharides (GOS) is also known as gos, galactooligozaharide, galactooligosaccharides, galacto-oligosaccharides — these all refer to the same ingredient.

galactooligosaccharides galacto-oligosaccharides gos galactooligozaharide

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Products containing Galacto-Oligosaccharides (GOS)

Aptamil 7611471002382

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