Oligosaccharides food applications

The second most abundant biopolymer chitin and its deacetylated form chitosan have a wide range of applications, including in the food industry. Insolubility at neutral pH is a major factor which limits the food applications of these two biopolymers and has attracted the attention of scientists toward the depolymerized oligosaccharide form of chitosan, which is soluble at neutral pH. Therefore, COS can be applied in the many fields where the insolubility of chitin or chitosan is becoming a limiting factor, especially in the food industry. 

A product manufactured in Japan as Alo mixture (Anomalously Linked Oligosaccharides) contains mainly a range of IMOS (glucose, isomaltose, and panose as principal constituents). It is produced from starch as substrate by the action of alpha-amylase, beta-amylase, and a transglucosidase. It is claimed to have favorable properties for application in the food industry.143... 

A very interesting field in membrane bioreactors is the production of cyclodextrins or oligosaccharides. In general, they have applications in food pharmaceutical, cosmetic agricultural, and plastics industries as emulsifiers, antioxidant, and stabilizing agents. In the food industry cyclodextrins are employed for the preparation of cholesterol-free products. The use of enzymatic membrane reactors to produce... 

Ourane, R., Guibert, A., Brown, D., and Bomet, F., A sensitive and reproducible analytical method to measure fructo-oligosaccharides in food products, in Complex Carbohydrates Definition, Analysis and Applications, Cho, L., Prosky, L., and Dreher, M., Eds., Marcel Dekker, New York, 1997, pp. 191-201. 

Flickinger, E.A. and Fahey, G.C., Jr., Pet food and feed applications of inulin, oligofructose and other oligosaccharides, Br. J. Nutr., 87, S297-S300, 2002. 

NPC has also found some apphcations in the held of carbohydrate analysis. Typical stationary phases used for this application are alkyl amine-, diol-, or polyol-bonded silicas [50-53]. Alkyl amino-bonded silicas are commonly used for the separation of saccharides and oligosaccharides in various matrixs, such as food or biological huids. Although water is used as part of mobile phase, the retention behavior of carbohydrate follows the NPC retention behavior. 

Physical Properties of Oligosaccharides and their Application in Foods. 1200... 

Low molecular weight polysaccharides and oligosaccharides are common synthetic targets [21]. Many of them have found applications as pharmaceuticals [22,23] and nutriceuticals [24,25] (also known as fimctional foods). As specialty chemicals, these materials have been used, for example, as binders, encapsulants, protective colloids, bulking agents, and film formers. 

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