Abstract: The invention relates to enzymes, compositions, and methods for efficient hydrolysis of arabinans present in plant biomass. More specifically, the invention relates to arabinases and compositions comprising arabinases to improve cell wall degradation to efficiently use plant biomass for bio-energy production. The invention also relates to a method for preparing a prebiotic. The prebiotic may contain branched arabinan oligomers comprise ?-(1,5)-linked arabinan backbone, and single substituted ?-(1,3)-linked arabinose monomers attached to the backbone, or double substituted ?-(1,2,3,5)-linked arabinose monomers attached to the backbone, or both. The invention also relates to a method for preparing fruit juice or wine. The invention also relates to a method for saccharification of a plant biomass. The invention also relates to a recombinant micro-organism genetically modified to express the enzymes of the present invention and optionally additional enzymes to achieve the disclosed methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to a translucent food product based on small granular starch and to the use of small granular starch for the preparation of translucent food products. It has been found that by using starch having a specific small particle size, a translucent food can be prepared having a satisfactory clarity and translucency in the dried and cooked state, which has earlier been found to be impossible using non-modified starch.