The neutral exopolysaccharide trong>EPS180trong> produced from sucrose by the glucansucrase GTF180 enzyme from Lactobacillus reuteri 180 was found to be a (1→3, 1→6)-ttp://www.sciencedirect.com/scidirimg/entities/204e.gif" alt="greek small letter alpha" title="greek small letter alpha" border="0">-d-glucan, with no repeating units present. Based on linkage analysis, periodate oxidation, and 1D/2D 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy of the intact trong>EPS180trong>, as well as MS and NMR analysis of oligosaccharides obtained by partial acid hydrolysis of trong>EPS180trong>, a composite model, that includes all identified structural features, was formulated as follows: