Patent ID: 9689011
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A23L,A61P,C12P

Claim:
1. A method for the production of a solid bio-product having a modified sugar profile, comprising: (1) reacting an initial mixture of milled or flaked or otherwise disintegrated biomass comprising oligosaccharides and optionally polysaccharides and further comprising proteinaceous plant parts, water, and one or more enzyme preparations containing α-galactosidase(s), for 0.15-36 hours at a temperature of about 20-65° C. under continuous mixing, wherein the initial mixture comprises an amount of said one or more enzyme preparations to provide α-galactosidase(s) in an amount equivalent to from 0.01 to 1.0% by weight, based on the dry matter weight of the biomass, of an α-galactosidase preparation having an activity of 5,000 α-galactosidase units per gram, wherein the amount of the α-galactosidase preparation is effective to convert at least 80% of the original indigestible oligosaccharide content of the biomass into digestible mono- and disaccharides, and wherein the water content in the initial mixture does not exceed 65% by weight of the initial mixture; and (2) incubating the reacted mixture at a temperature and for a time period which inactivate said α-galactosidase(s), thereby obtaining a bio-product having a modified sugar profile, wherein at least 80% of the original indigestible oligosaccharide content of the biomass has been degraded into digestible mono- and disaccharides.