What are oligosaccharides and what sounds are they connected with?
An oligosaccharide is a saccharide polymer containing a small number (typically three to ten) of component sugars, also known as simple sugars en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligosaccharide In beans, endogenous gases seem to arise from oligosaccharides, carbohydrates that are resistant to digestion: these pass through the upper intestine largely unchanged, and when they reach the lower intestine, bacteria feed on them, producing copious amounts of gas (McGee 1984 pp.257-8).
