Patent ID: 6056980
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A21D,A23F,A23G,A23L,A23V,C12P

Abstract:
A process for producing a starch composition comprising:contacting an aqueous saccharide solution with a solid content of at least 10% by weight and which contains a saccharide having a degree of glucose polymerization of 2 or more in an amount of at least 50% by weight of the total saccharide content with an enzyme produced by the organism Acremonium sp. S4G13 which produces nigerooligosaccharides by a transglycosylation reaction or a condensation reaction, or by both a transglycosylation and a condensation reaction, to form nigerooligosaccharides in a total amount of at least 30% by weight of the total saccharide solid content of the solution, wherein the nigerooligosaccharide forming enzyme is added to the aqueous saccharide solution in an amount of from 0.01 to 5 units per gram of saccharide and allowed to act on the saccharide in the solution under the conditions of pH from 4 to 10 and temperature from 30.degree. C. to 70.degree. C.