US 2024/0306693 A1 · ENZYMATIC ENRICHMENT OF FOOD INGREDIENTS FOR SUGAR REDUCTION

Abstract

The invention relates to preparation of food ingredients enriched with a low-glycemic sugar replacement through enzymatic conversion. Food ingredients may be enriched with, for example, D-tagatose, D-allulose, D-allose, D-mannose, D-talose, and/or inositol by enzymatically converting saccharides found in flour, meal, ground tuber, ground pulse, ground bark, starch, malted grain or malt extract, maltodextrin, cellulose, cellodextrin, any of their derivatives (e.g., amylose, amylopectin, dextrin, cellobiose, etc.), and/or sucrose into D-tagatose, D-allulose, D-allose, D-mannose, D-talose and/or inositol. The enriched material can be used as a food ingredient instead of the low-glycemic sugar being purified for use as a food ingredient.

A process for producing a low-glycemic sugar-enriched saccharide composition from a saccharide composition comprising at least one saccharide,

the process comprising:
(i) converting a portion of the total amount of the at least one saccharide in the saccharide composition to a saccharide derivative;
(ii) converting the saccharide derivative to glucose 1-phosphate (G1P) using at least one enzyme;
(iii) converting G1P to glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) using a phosphoglucomutase (PGM);
(iv) converting G6P to fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) using a phosphoglucoisomerase (PGI);
and
(a) wherein the low-glycemic sugar-enriched saccharide composition is enriched for the low-glycemic sugar, tagatose,
(1) converting fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) to tagatose 6-phosphate (T6P) using a fructose 6-phosphate epimerase (F6PE), and
(2) converting the T6P produced to tagatose catalyzed by a tagatose 6-phosphate phosphatase (T6PP);
(b) wherein the low-glycemic sugar-enriched saccharide composition is enriched for the low-glycemic sugar, allulose,
(1) converting fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) to psicose 6-phosphate (P6P) using a psicose 6-phosphate epimerase (P6PE), and
(2) converting the P6P produced to allulose using a psicose 6-phosphate phosphatase (P6PP);
(c) wherein the low-glycemic sugar-enriched saccharide composition is enriched for the low-glycemic sugar, allose,
(1) converting fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) to psicose 6-phosphate (P6P) using a psicose 6-phosphate 3-epimerase (P6PE),
(2) converting the P6P to allose 6-phosphate (A6P) using an allose 6-phosphate isomerase (A6PI), and
(3) converting the A6P to allose catalyzed by allose 6-phosphate phosphatase (A6PP);
(d) wherein the low-glycemic sugar-enriched saccharide composition is enriched for the low-glycemic sugar, mannose,
(1) converting fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) to mannose 6-phosphate (M6P) using a phosphomannose isomerase (PMI) or phosphoglucose/phosphomannose isomerase (PGPMI), and
(2) converting the M6P to mannose 6-phosphate (M6P) using a mannose 6-phosphate phosphatase (M6PP);
(e) wherein the low-glycemic sugar-enriched saccharide composition is enriched for the low-glycemic sugar, galactose,
(1) converting fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) to tagatose 6-phosphate (T6P) using a fructose 6-phosphate epimerase (F6PE),
(2) converting the T6P to galactose 6-phosphate (Gal6P) using a galactose 6-phosphate isomerase (Gal6PI), and
(3) converting the Gal6P to galactose using a galactose 6-phosphate phosphatase (Gal6PP);
(f) wherein the low-glycemic sugar-enriched saccharide composition is enriched for the low-glycemic sugar, fructose,
(1) converting fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) to fructose using a fructose 6-phosphate phosphatase (F6PP);
(g) wherein the low-glycemic sugar-enriched saccharide composition is enriched for the low-glycemic sugar, altrose,
(1) converting fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) to psicose 6-phosphate (P6P) using a psicose 6-phosphate 3-epimerase (P6PE),
(2) converting the P6P to altrose 6-phosphate (Alt6P) using an altrose 6-phosphate isomerase (Alt6PI), and
(3) converting the Alt6P produced to altrose using an altrose 6-phosphate phosphatase (Alt6PP);
(h) wherein the low-glycemic sugar-enriched saccharide composition is enriched for the low-glycemic sugar, talose,
(1) converting fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) to tagatose 6-phosphate (T6P) using a fructose 6-phosphate 4-epimerase (F6PE),
(2) converting the T6P to talose 6-phosphate (Tal6P) using a talose 6-phosphate isomerase (Tal6PI), and
(3) converting the Tal6P to talose using a talose 6-phosphate phosphatase (Tal6PP);
(i) wherein the low-glycemic sugar-enriched saccharide composition is enriched for the low-glycemic sugar, sorbose,
(1) converting fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) to tagatose 6-phosphate (T6P) using a fructose 6-phosphate 4-epimerase (F6PE),
(2) converting the T6P to sorbose 6-phosphate (S6P) using a sorbose 6-phosphate epimerase (S6PE), and
(3) converting the S6P to sorbose using a sorbose 6-phosphate phosphatase (S6PP);
(j) wherein the low-glycemic sugar-enriched saccharide composition is enriched for the low-glycemic sugar, gulose,
(1) converting fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) to tagatose 6-phosphate (T6P) using a fructose 6-phosphate 4-epimerase (F6PE),
(2) converting the T6P to sorbose 6-phosphate (S6P) using a sorbose 6-phosphate epimerase (S6PE),
(3) converting the S6P to gulose 6-phosphate (Gul6P) using a gulose 6-phosphate isomerase (Gul6PI), and
(4) converting the Gul6P to gulose using a gulose 6-phosphate phosphatase (Gul6PP);
(k) wherein the low-glycemic sugar-enriched saccharide composition is enriched for the low-glycemic sugar, idose,
(1) converting fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) to tagatose 6-phosphate (T6P) using a fructose 6-phosphate 4-epimerase (F6PE),
(2) converting the T6P to sorbose 6-phosphate (S6P) using a sorbose 6-phosphate epimerase (S6PE),
(3) converting the S6P to idose 6-phosphate (16P) using an idose 6-phosphate isomerase (16PI), and
(4) converting the 16P to idose using an idose 6-phosphate phosphatase (16PP).

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