Gluco-oligosaccharide mixture and a process for its manufacture
AssigneePfeifer & Langen
InventorDieter Schwengers
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Abstract
A gluco-oligosaccharide mixture having up to 30, in particular from 10 to 20, anhydroglucose units is prepared by reacting an aqueous solution of a mono-or disaccharide composed of glucose units containing more than 200 mmol of the saccharide per 1000 U .alpha.(1.fwdarw.6)-D-glucosyl transferase, at 265 to 310 K and a pH value of from 4.5 to 8.0, with an aqueous solution of sucrose in a molar ratio of sucrose to glucose of 2.0 to 5.0. The oligosaccharide mixtures of the present invention are used as calorie-free carrier for sweetening agents and as "body building" sweetening agent.
Claims18
A process for the manufacture of a gluco-oligosaccharide mixture having up to 30 anhydroglucose units, which comprises forming (a) an aqueous solution containing .alpha.(1.fwdarw.6)-D-glucosyl transferase and a mono- or di-saccharide composed of glucose units, the solution containing at least 200 mmol of the saccharide per 1000 U of transferase, and at a temperature of 265 to 310 K and a pH from 4.5 to 8 mixing solution (a) with (b) an aqueous sucrose solution in an amount such that the molar ratio of sucrose to glucose units is from 2.0 to 5.0.
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