gum gum arabic fructooligosaccharide or mixtures thereof in addition one or more suitable vitamins and or minerals may be included in the composition in amounts that can meet appropriate guidelines one or more food grade emulsifiers may be incorporated into the nutritional formula if desired such as e g diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono and di glycerides lecithin and mono and di glycerides similarly suitable salts and stabilizers may also be included a preferred embodiment of the composition is enterally administrable e g in the form of a powder a liquid concentrate or a ready to drink beverage if it is desired to produce a powdered nutritional formula the homogenized mixture can be transferred to a suitable drying apparatus such as a spray drier or freeze drier and then be converted to powder in a further embodiment a typical food product may be enriched with whey protein and or cgmp to provide inventive compositions for example a fermented milk a yogurt a fresh cheese a renneted milk a confectionery bar breakfast cereal flakes or bars drinks milk powders soy based products non milk fermented products or nutritional supplements for clinical nutrition in these products the amount of whey protein and or cgmp that is added is at least about 0 01 by weight.