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US 9,562,239 B2Granted
Processes of producing a fermentation product
AssigneeNovozymes North America, Inc.
InventorsRogerio Prata, Alison Robey, Todd Forman, Suzanne Clark, Eder Manzini Bordin
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process of process of producing a fermentation product, comprising: liquefying a starch-containing material to dextrins with an alpha-amylase in the presence of an asparaginase and/or an amino acid oxidase; saccharifying the dextrins to a sugar with a glucoamylase; and fermenting the sugar using a fermenting organism.
Claims18
A process of producing a fermentation product, comprising
- (a) treating a plant extract containing amino acid(s) and soluble sugar(s) with an amino acid oxidase, an arginase, and/or an asparaginase;
- (b) producing molasses from the treated plant extract;
- (c) diluting the molasses;
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- (d) fermenting the diluted molasses with a fermenting organism to produce the fermentation product.
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A process of producing a fermentation product, comprising
- (a) treating a plant extract containing amino acid(s) and soluble sugar(s) with an amino acid oxidase, an arginase, and/or an asparaginase;
- (b) producing molasses from the treated plant extract;
- (c) diluting the molasses;
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- (d) fermenting the diluted molasses with a fermenting organism to produce the fermentation product, wherein the plant extract is selected from the group consisting of sweet sorghum extract, sugar beet extract, sugar cane extract, sugar cane juice, clarified sugarcane juice, and combinations thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.