Situ fructooligosaccharide production and sucrose reduction
AssigneeDanisco US 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.
Claims8
An in situ process for producing fructooligosaccharides in a food product consisting essentially of contacting the food product with an enzyme composition containing only a fructosyltransferase from Aspergillus japonicus to enzymatically convert sucrose in the food product to fructooligosaccharides (FOSs), wherein said sucrose content of the food product is reduced by (a) at least 75% after a 1 hour exposure or (b) at least 90% after a 24 hr exposure to the fructosyltransferase as compared to a food product not treated with the fructosyltransferase.
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