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  1. CH 17:30Channel GGCartoons, the crew and the toy aisle. Pour a bowl and start here.
  2. CH 28:00Meet the CrewSay hi to the microbes working your night shift. Trading cards, tools and the buffet.
  3. CH 38:30Saturday Morning LessonsFive-second cartoons about what your gut gets up to all day.
  4. CH 410:00The ArcadeGames that teach. Insert no coins.
  5. CH 510:30The Toy AisleGut goodies for grown-ups. Collect the set, feed the crew.
  6. CH 69:00The MapRide the gut from Chomp Station to Downtown and get your passport stamped at every stop.
  7. CH 79:15The Tool KitEnzymes that snip, chip, slice and pop, plus bile, the soap. Grab one and cut something.
  8. CH 89:45The BuffetPrebiotics and fibre: food your tools can’t cut, served to the crew Downtown.
  9. CH 911:30The StationWho runs this channel, questions, fan mail and the fine print.
  10. CH 1011:00The GlossaryGut words from A to Z: a true definition and a silly one, side by side.
  11. CH 117:00The TV GuideWhat’s on, what’s next, and what’s on at 3 a.m. (it’s the fine print).
  12. CH 1210:45A Word from Our SponsorsJingles, slogans and a very calm announcer. Stay through the break.
  13. CH 1311:15The Sticker BookPeel, stick, show off. Then go find the ones you’re missing.
  14. CH 1412:30The Season PassNever miss an episode. Your goodies turn up every month, for less.
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Dish 02On the menu

FOS

Shorter chains of the same beads. Bifidobacteria love them. Onions and bananas carry some.

FOS, served

What it is

FOS stands for fructooligosaccharides: the short version of inulin. Same fructose beads, same links, but only a few beads long (oligo means few).

Onions, garlic, bananas, asparagus and chicory carry some. FOS can also be made for foods and supplements, from table sugar (by adding fructose beads) or from inulin (by trimming it).

AnnouncerFructooligosaccharides has 22 letters. The crew calls it FOS. So do we.

Far-out fact

FOS is inulin’s short cousin: the same fructose beads, only a few links long.

Try your tools on it

Same story as inulin: the links between the fructose beads are a kind your own enzymes can’t cut. FOS reaches the colon intact.

A plate of FOS

glucose fructose

The tool kitPick a tool from the kit and have a go at the plate.

Who eats it, Downtown

Bifidobacteria love it. Short chains are quick to eat, so most of it goes early, near the start of the colon.

RegularsBiffLaceyShorty

What they make

Mainly acetate and lactate from the bifidos, which other microbes turn into butyrate. Short chains ferment fast, so the gas comes sooner too.

Starring inEP 2 The Inulin Buffet

Serve the fos to the crew and see what they make.

Where you’ll find it

  • Onions
  • Garlic
  • Bananas
  • Asparagus
  • Chicory

Where it ends up: Downtown, on the map.

In the bottle

FOS turns up in these.

Coming up next on Channel GG

Polydextrose

A glucose-based fibre, in our probiotic strips.

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