Patent ID: 9115379
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: A23L,C12P

Abstract:
1. A process for producing a composition comprising 5′-ribonucleotides, said process comprising: a) subjecting a microorganism to autolysis under conditions at which at least 50% of the RNA remains in a form degradable into 5′-ribonucleotides; b) subjecting the autolysate from a) to solid/liquid separation and recovering an RNA-containing cell wall fraction; and c) converting RNA in the recovered RNA-containing cell wall fraction into 5′-ribonucleotides, wherein the solid/liquid separation in b) is done at a pH of lower than 4.0 and higher than 1.0, and wherein at least 75% of the RNA remains associated with the RNA-containing cell wall fraction obtained in b).