Method for producing pectin hydrolysis products
AssigneeN.V. Nutricia
InventorsMarkwart Kunz, Mohammad Munir, Manfred Vogel
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for the production of pectin hydrolysis products, the pectin hydrolysis products produced in this manner, as well as their use.
Claims8
Method for producing pectin hydrolysis products, wherein a pectin or pectin-containing plant material in aqueous solution or suspension is treated in a first step with a pectin-hydrolyzing enzyme A and in a second step with a pectin-hydrolyzing enzyme B, and after enzyme treatments, recovering pectin hydrolysis products with a content of galacturonides that include at least one 4,5-unsaturated galacturonic acid molecule and are esterified >30% with methanol, wherein enzyme A is a pectinlyase (EC 4.2.2.10) and enzyme B is an endopolygalacturonase (EC 3.2.1.15).
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