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The beneficial effects of prebiotics, nondigestible feed ingredients such as oligosaccharides and inulin, on the host organism result from their selective stimulation of the growth and/or activity of gut microbiota, primarily from the genus Bifidobacterium and the Lactobacillus species. Thus, the use of prebiotics in animal diets is expected to be advantageous due to their indirect positive influence on both the growth and the health of animals (8, 42). Inulin, extracted from chicory (Cichorium intybus), consists of one terminal α-glucose molecule and a variable number of β-fructose moieties exclusively linked by β (2→1) glycosidic bonds (47). It is a mixture of oligomers and linear fructose polymers containing molecules with a degree of polymerization (DP) from 2 to ca. 65, with an average of 10-12 units (14, 22). The molecule length affects the technological and prebiotic properties of inulin (49) and depends on the source and extraction processes (33). The differences in the polymerization degree between fructans may affect not only their physicochemical and technological properties, but also their biological traits (37). Fructans with DP lower than 10 are known as oligofructose or FOS. Inulin, therefore, contains both oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. Thanks to the β (2→1) glycosidic bond, it resists the breakdown by the host-derived digestive enzymes in the small intestine but is degraded by microbiota, mainly in the large intestine. Inulin-type fructans are believed to modulate the composition of microbiota by enhancing the growth of health-promoting bacteria and suppressing the growth of poten1) This research was supported in part by project No. 12006710 from the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR). 2) Praca zaprezentowana na XLVI Sesji Naukowej Sekcji Żywienia Zwierząt Komitetu Nauk Zootechnicznych i Akwakultury Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Lublin, 21-23.06.2017 r. Blood metabolic profile of broiler chickens fed diets with different types and levels of inulin1) 2)