Patent ID: 6242226
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: A23C,A23L,A61K,A61Q,C12N,C12P,C12Y

Abstract:
A process for obtaining a dextran composition suitable for use in a food or cosmetic composition which comprises steps of:inoculating a medium for culturing bacteria and which comprises sucrose with a culture of a strain of Leuconostoc mesenteroides ssp. cremoris which produces a dextran sucrase enzyme for synthesizing dextran to obtain an inoculated culture medium and incubating the inoculated culture medium at a temperature of from 25.degree. C. to 35.degree. C. for from 10 hours to 20 hours to obtain a fermented medium comprising a substrate and supernatant;adjusting the pH of the fermented medium to obtain a pH-adjusted fermented medium having a pH of from 5 to 5.5;storing the pH-adjusted medium at a temperature of from 0.degree. C. to 10.degree. C. to obtain a cooled pH-adjusted product comprising dextran.