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Pharmacology
Hydrolysis converts raffinose, stachyose and verbascose into their digestible sugar components: glucose, galactose,sucrose and fructose. Raffinose yields sucrose+ galactose; stachyose yields sucrose+galactose; verbascose yields glucose+fructose+galactose.

Indications
Hydrolysis Converts Raffinose, Stachyose And Verbascose Into Their Digestible Sugar Components: Glucose, Galactose,sucrose And Fructose. Raffinose Yields Sucrose+ Galactose; Stachyose Yields Sucrose+galactose; Verbascose Yields Glucose+fructose+galactose.

Contraindications
Beano is made from a safe food-grade mold; however, if a rare sensitivity occurs, with allergic-type symptoms, discontinue use.

Safety Information / Warning
Information not available

Precautions
 Galactosemics should not use without their physicians' advice, since one of the breakdown sugars is galactose.

Side Effects / Adverse Effects
Reports to date include gastroenterological symptoms, such as cramping and diarrhea as well as allergic-type reactions including rash and pruritus. Rare reports of more serious allergic reactions have been received.

Overdose
Information not available

Recommended Dosage
 Drops: Add 5drops on the first bite of food serving.

Supplied / Packaging

Tablets: 2to 3, swallowed, chewed or crumbled with the first bite of food (1tablet per serving of gas producing food), should be enough for a meal of 1to 3servings of problem foods.

The optimum number of tablets or drops required is a function of the quantity of food eaten, the levels of alpha-linked sugars in the food and the gas-producing propensity of the person.

Beano enzyme is inactivated at high temperatures. It should be added to foods at a temperature of less than 54°C. If the food is too hot to eat, it is too hot for the enzyme. Do not cook with Beano as the enzyme will be inactivated. Beano will hydrolyze the complex sugars (raffinose, stachyose and verbascose) into the simple sugars--glucose, galactose and fructose, and the easily digestible disaccharide, sucrose. This happens simultaneously with normal digestion.


Supplied: Drops:  Each 5drops contains: not less than 150GaIU (galactose units) of alpha-D-galactosidase derived from A.niger mold. Nonmedicinal ingredients: disodium citrate, fish gelatin, invertase, potassium sorbate, water and xylitol. Bottles of 7.5and 18.75g (30 and 75serving drops).

Tablets:  Each tablet contains: not less than 150GaIU (galactose units) of alpha-D-galactosidase (following Food Chemical Codex (FCC) standards) derived from A.niger mold. Nonmedicinal ingredients: cellulose gel, colloidal silica, fish gelatin, invertase, magnesium stearate, mannitol and potato starch. Bottles of 30 and60.

Store at room temperature (avoid heat).