Abstract: A method of forming an ethanol fermentation enhancement mixture is provided and involves: hydrating a dried yeast with at least 0.1% Baclyte or a banana extract by volume, and a yeast growth media to produce a pre-fermentation mixture; and maintaining the pre-fermentation mixture at a temperature between 20° C. and 40° C. for between 30 minutes and 8 hours. Alternatively, the method involves: providing a solution of hydrated activated yeast; supplementing the solution of hydrated activated yeast with 0.1% to 25% BacLyte or banana extract by volume; and maintaining the solution of hydrated activated yeast at a temperature between 20° C. and 40° C. for between 30 minutes and 8 hours. A fermentation method involves preparing an ethanol enhancement mixture; adding the mixture to a bulk fermentation mixture containing a sugar source; and maintaining the bulk fermentation mixture at temperature of between 2° C. and 40° C. to allow fermentation of the sugar source to ethanol.

Abstract: A composition comprising branched fructan molecules derived from a fructan extract of perennial high sugar grass (HSG) selected from the group consisting of AberMagic cultivar, AberDart cultivar, and S48 (Lolium spp), and obtained by enzymic endo-hydrolase hydrolysis, wherein said branched fructan molecules have a molecular weight of between 0.3 to 3 kDa, and wherein at least 50% of the branched fructan molecules present in the composition have a molecular weight of between 0.48 and 1.9 kDa is provided. Also provided are feed or food supplement comprising such a composition, a method of producing a composition comprising branched fructan molecules, and a method of making a feed or foodstuff.

Abstract: A composition comprising branched fructan molecules, wherein said branched fructan molecules have; a molecular weight of between about 0.3 to about 3 kDa;and/ora fructan chain length of about 2 to about 15 fructose units and/or an elution time of 7 to 22 minutes when on a Dionex HPAEC-PAD column. The invention also embraces a feed or food supplement comprising such compositions, a method of producing a composition comprising branched fructan molecules, and a method of making a feed or foodstuff.