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US 2010/0040728 A1Published application
Situ Fructooligosaccharide Production and Sucrose Reduction
AssigneeGenencor International, Inc.
InventorsWayne E. Henderson, William King, Jayarama K. Shetty
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Abstract
The invention pertains to an in situ process for producing fructooligosaccharides in a food product by contacting the food product with a fructosyltransferase to enzymatically convert sucrose to fructooligosaccharides in the food product. The increase in fructooligosaccharides results in an increase in dietary fiber content of the food product.
Claims15
An in situ process for producing fructooligosaccharides in a food product comprising,
- a) obtaining a food product containing sucrose and
- b) contacting the food product with a fructosyltransferase to enzymatically convert sucrose in the food product to fructooligosaccharides (FOSs).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.