FAT BINDER OBTAINED FROM BREWING PROCESS BIOMASS

• Main Authors: HERAS CABALLERO, ANGELES MARIA, RAFECAS MARTINEZ, MAGDALENA, CASTANE SITJAS, FRANCESC XAVIER, CUNE CASTELLANA, JORDI, MANCEBO MOLINA, REMEDIOS, SANTAS GUTIERREZ, JONATAN, MIRALLES BURAGLIA, MARIA ANGELES BEATRIZ, MATEOS-APARICIO CEDIEL, INMACULADA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 03.01.2014
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The invention relates to a polysaccharide-rich composition comprising beta-glucan, chitin and chitosan extracted from the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae from biomass by-product resulting from a beer production method. The invention also relates to the method for obtaining same and to the uses thereof. Among other biofunctions, the composition has a selective fat binding effect which makes it suitable for use in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases, such as overweight, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypertension and cardiovascular disorders. The composition can be formulated as an edible, pharmaceutical or veterinary product.