PREBIOTICS COMPRISING AN OLIGOSACCHARIDE, SIALYLOLIGOSACCHARIDE AND FREE SIALIC ACID

• Main Authors: DIJK, VAN, ALBERTUS ALARD, SCHOONEVELD-BERGMANS, MARGOT ELISABETH FRANCOISE, EFIMOVA, YULIA M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.09.2012
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLICBEVERAGES; MAKING THEREOF; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; SUGARS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; VINEGAR; WINE

Provided is a process to produce a composition which composition comprises: an oligosaccharide, sialyloligosaccharide in an amount of 0 to 1 wt %, and free sialic acid which process comprises subjecting a first suitable substrate to a suitable enzyme to produce an oligosaccharide, and subjecting a second suitable substrate to a sialidase to produce free sialic acid.