Process for the production of ultrapure galacto-oligosaccharides
AssigneeRitter Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
InventorsSilvia Giacomelli, Marco Manoni, Giovanni Cipolletti, Silvia Biagiolini, Luana Vagnoli, Jacopo Chini
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Abstract
The present invention describes a process for preparing ultrapure (≥95%) galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS), starting from GOS at lower purities by using sequential microbiological purifications involving Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Streptococcus thermophilus.
Claims8
A method of purifying a galactooligosaccharides (GOS) composition with a purity ≥95% in which an overall percentage of the digestible sugars lactose, glucose and galactose is ≤5%, comprising providing a GOS mixture of a lower purity and subjecting the GOS mixture to at least one fermentation step with Streptococcus thermophilus and at least one fermentation step with Saccharomyces cerevisiae, where said purity is calculated by any analytical method able to distinguish and quantify GOS and said digestible sugars.
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