Low sugar food products with high fiber content
AssigneeYissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
InventorsRoni SHAPIRA, Eran BALACHINSKY
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Abstract
The present invention provides processes for producing food products, particularly juice beverages, with reduced sugar content enriched with dietary fibers and the food products produced. The processed food products are low in calories while preserving the palatable test of the starting material, and contain beneficial amount of dietary fibers. The processed food product further contains sorbitol and gluconic acid.
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A process for preparing a low sugar, high fiber food product comprising the step of contacting a starting food product containing sugar or a composition comprising same with at least one type of microbial cells, wherein the microbial cells are active in reducing the sugar content of the starting food product and in converting mono- or disaccharides to at least one oligosaccharide and/or polysaccharide, thereby obtaining a processed food product with reduced sugar content and elevated content of at least one oligosaccharide and/or polysaccharide compared to the starting food product.
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A processed food product having reduced sugar and calorie content and elevated oligosaccharide and/or polysaccharide content compared to a corresponding unprocessed food product and having palatable taste, wherein the polysaccharide is selected from the group consisting of fructan and fructooligosaccharides (FOS), further comprising at least one of sorbitol and gluconic acid.
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