Abstract:
A fungal alpha-amylase is provided from Aspergillus fumigatus (AfAmy1). AfAmy1 has an optimal pH of 3.5 and is operable at 30 - 75 degrees C, allowing the enzyme to be used in combination with a glucoamylase and a pullulanase in a saccharification reaction. This obviates the necessity of running a saccharification reaction as a batch process, where the pH and temperature must be readjusted for optimal use of the alpha-amylase or glucoamylase. AfAmy1 also catalyzes the saccharification of starch substrates to an oligosaccharide composition significantly enriched in DP2 and (DP1 + DP2) compared to the products of saccharification catalyzed by an alpha-amylase from Aspergillus kawachii . This facilitates the utilization of the oligosaccharide composition by a fermenting organism in a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process, for example.
Abstract:
The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for naturally decreasing carbohydrates and calories, while increasing erythritol, in beverages. The method includes fermenting beverages, such as fruit juices with a microorganism capable of metabolizing sugars into sugar alcohol(s) such as erythritol, to produce a fermented beverage having reduced carbohydrates, and therefore reduced calories, and increased erythritol as compared to an unfermented equivalent beverage.
Abstract:
Consiste la presente invención en productos gelificados, tales como por ejemplo gelatinas para consumo alimentario o gominolas, los cuales incluyen microorganismos probióticos y, en algunas de sus variantes, prebióticos; estando dichos productos elaborados a base de bebidas de origen vegetal tales como zumos de frutas, hortalizas, cereales y legumbres, las cuales se someten a un proceso de fermentación láctica con al menos una cepa probiótica. Asimismo, se reivindica el procedimiento para la obtención de dichos productos, el cual está conformado por los siguientes pasos básicos: a) Obtención de un sustrato pasteurizado o esterilizado; b) Fermentación del sustrato; c) Hidratación de la gelatina y disolución de ésta en agua caliente; d) Enfriamiento de la gelatina hidratada; e) Adición de la bebida vegetal fermentada junto con el prebiótico seleccionado y aditivos; h) Homogeneización de la mezcla; g) Envasado del producto.
Abstract:
Verfahren zur Hersteilung eines Getränks oder einer Getränkebase, bei dem in wenigstens einem Fermentationsprozess ein Medium fermentiert wird, bei dem das Medium pumpbar ist, und bei dem der Fermentationsprozess aerob durchgeführt wird, wobei das Medium durch Myzel von wenigstens einem Basidiomyceten fermentiert wird.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the method of producing of fermented, pro-healthy fruit beverages as replacers of fermented milks – especially in nutrition of persons following the special elimination diets, particularly that require elimination of animal proteins and/or lactose, therein the fruit preparation of content 25-98% by weight of fruit purée, containing 8-12% by weight of extract, 1-6% by weight of disaccharide not lactose, 0.0- 0.3% by weight of sodium citrate dihydrate, of p H no less than 5.0, is inoculated with the starter monoculture of Lactobacillus plantarum strains: KKP 2025p or KKP 2026p, or Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei KKP 2027p strain, in quantity 0.001-0.01% by weight of concentrated lyophilized culture, conducing the fermentation to p H no higher than 4.6, and then to the fermentation product, possibly a supplement is introduced in the form of concentrated lyophilized Bifidobacterium culture, preferably Bifidobacterium breve KKP 2028p strain or Bifidobacterium infantis KKP 2029p, in quantity 0.01-0.1% by weight.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods for producing a liquid comprising: (a) providing a first liquid comprising an extract of plant material; (b) filtering the first liquid with a filter having a pore size between 4000 and 100 Dalton to generate a second liquid comprising more components having a size larger than the pore size of the filter, including at least 18% of the saccharides, and a third liquid comprising more components having a size smaller than the pore size of the filter; (c) incubating the second liquid with microorganisms under conditions allowing a fermentation until the saccharide content of the second liquid is reduced by at least 20% due to microbial fermentation; (e) removing at least 80% of the alcohol or 80% of other fermentation products from the fermented liquid to obtain a fourth liquid; (f) combining at least a part of the fourth liquid with at least a part of the third liquid. The present invention further provides liquids, fruit juices and food additives obtainable by these methods.
Abstract:
Beschrieben wird ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines fermentierten Naturprodukts, wobei mehrere Fermentauszüge aus Rohmaterialien des Naturprodukts hergestellt werden und diese mit einem Propagat aus Mikroorganismen versetzt werden. Beschrieben wird außerdem eine Anlage zur Durchführung des Verfahrens.
Abstract:
Lactic acid bacteria strains of the genus L. acidophilus, L. crispatus, L. gasseri, L. helveticus and L. jensenii have been selected for their ability to kill urogenital and/or gastrointestinal pathogens and their ability to inhibit internalization of urogenital and/or gastrointestinal pathogens within vaginal epithelial cells, as well as for their ability to modulate a humoral and/or cellular immune response at the vaginal and/or gastrointestinal level, in particular to inhibit the inflammatory syndrome as well as the infectious syndrome. Pharmaceutical composition useful for preventing or treating urogenital infections in females which comprises a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of said strains in combination with a suitable galenical carrier.