FAT BINDER OBTAINED FROM BIOMASS RESULTING FROM BEER PRODUCTION

• Main Authors: HERAS CABALLERO ÁNGELES MARÍA, MANCEBO MOLINA REMEDIOS, MIRALLES BURAGLIA MARÍA ÁNGELES BEATRIZ, CUÑÉ CASTELLANA JORDI, MATEOS-APARICIO CEDIEL INMACULADA, SANTAS GUTIÉRREZ JONATAN, RAFECAS MARTÍNEZ MAGDALENA, CASTAÑÉ SITJAS FRANCESC XAVIER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Polish
• Published: 28.04.2017
• Subjects: FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The present invention provides a polysaccharide rich composition comprising beta-glucan, chitin and chitosan, extracted from the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae from the by-product biomass resulting from a brewing process, the process for obtaining it and the uses thereof. The composition exerts, among other biofunctionalities, a selective fat binding effect so it is useful in the prevention and/or treatment of a disorder such as overweight, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, blood hypertension and cardiovascular disorders. It can be formulated as edible, pharmaceutical or a veterinary product.