The present invention relates to a carbohydrate mixture comprising a first fiber containing material and a second fiber containing material wherein the first fiber containing material is arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides having an average degree of polymerisation of at least 2 to 100 and optionally xylo-oligosaccharides having an average degree of polymerisation of at least 2 to 100, and wherein the second fiber containing carbohydrate based material is selected from the group consisting of arabinoxylans, branched maltodextrins, hydrogenated branched maltodextrins, pyrodextrins, indigestible dextrin, hydrogenated indigestible dextrin, polydextrose, hydrogenated polydextrose, digestion resistant C6-carbohydrate composition having an average degree of polymerisation of from 2 to 30 and containing 1,2-, 1,3- and 1,6-linkages in an amount of at least 50%, hydrogenated digestion resistant C6-carbohydrate composition having an average degree of polymerisation of from 2 to 30 and containing 1,2-, 1,3- and 1,6-linkages in an amount of at least 50%, endosperm derived xylo-oligosaccharides and arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides, hydrogenated endosperm derived xylo-oligosaccharides and arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides, hydrogenated arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides having an average degree of polymerisation of at least 2 to 100 and optionally hydrogenated xylo-oligosaccharides having an average degree of polymerisation of at least 2 to 100, and mixture of two or more thereof and the use in compositions intended to be ingested by humans and animals.
