Carbohydrate mixtures for dietetic foods and pharmaceuticals containing at least two different, soluble carbohydrates,wherein the soluble carbohydrates of a carbohydrate component a comprises at least an oligosaccharide with up to 6 monosaccharide units and a carbohydrate component b of at least one polysaccharide from 7 to 100 monosaccharide units are,the proportion of the carbohydrate component a 95 to 60 w -% and the carbohydrate component b 5 to 40 w -%, and a + b = 100 w -% are,where in each case at least 80 w -% of the carbohydrates of the carbohydrate component a and b the invention and does not act in the small intestine but only in the large intestine are absorbable,and wherein at least 60 w -% of the carbohydrates of the carbohydrate component a to the group consisting of galactooligosaccharides and at least 60 w -% of the carbohydrates of the carbohydrate component b to the group of the fructopolysaccharide include.
