Abstract: Methods for the production of pectin hydrolysis products, the pectin hydrolysis products produced in this manner, as well as their use are described.

Abstract: Methods for the production of pectin hydrolysis products, the pectin hydrolysis products produced in this manner, as well as their use are described.

Abstract: Methods for the production of pectin hydrolysis products, the pectin hydrolysis products produced in this manner, as well as their use are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the production of pectin hydrolysis products, the pectin hydrolysis products produced in this manner, as well as their use.

Abstract: Methods for the production of pectin hydrolysis products, the pectin hydrolysis products produced in this manner, as well as their use are described.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method for enzymatic preparation of 6-O-?-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol (1,6-GPS) from isomaltulose. It is specified that the isomaltulose is put into an aqueous reaction solution containing a unit having sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH) activity, incubated, and then 1,6-GPS is recovered from the reaction solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and means for producing an improved sugar beet, in particular a sugar beet which exhibits an increased content of sucrose, a reduced rate of sucrose breakdown during storage and an improved growth. The invention also relates to the use of at least two gene constructs for generating such a plant and to nucleotide sequences which are employed in this connection.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method for enzymatic preparation of 6-O-&agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol (1,6-GPS) from isomaltulose. It is specified that the isomaltulose is put into an aqueous reaction solution containing a unit having sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH) activity, incubated, and then 1,6-GPS is recovered from the reaction solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding modified polypeptides with fructosyl transferase activity, vectors containing this nucleic acid for the expression of the modified fructosyl transferase in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells, host cells and/or transgenic plants containing these vectors, methods for producing high-molecular polyfructans with primarily &bgr;-1,2 bonds and a very low degree of branching, in particular inulin, method for producing fructooligosaccharides using the inulin produced according to the invention or using saccharose, as well as methods for producing difructose dianhydrides using the inulin produced according to the invention or using saccharose, as well as the use of the inulin produced according to the invention for the production of inulin ethers and inulin esters, and the use of fructooligosaccharides or hydrogenated fructooligosaccharides and difructose dianhydrides as a food additive, in particular as a dietetic food.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the production of pectin hydrolysis products, the pectin hydrolysis products produced in this manner, as well as their use.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the hydrolysis of galactomannan compounds and various uses of the hydrolysate.

Abstract: The invention relates to confections, in particular hard and soft confections, which contain a sweetener of 1-O-&agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol (1,1 GPS), in particular 6-O-&agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol (1,6 GPS), 1-O-&agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol (1,1 GPS) and 1-O-&agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-D-mannitol (1,1 GPM); and to the use of this sweetener in confections, in particular pharmaceutically active confections.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing mixtures selectively enriched with either 1,1-GPM and 1,6-GPS from hydrogenated isomaltulose. The process involves dissolving hydrogenated isomaltulose at an elevated temperature, and subjecting the resulting solution to one or more cooling steps, wherein each cooling step utilizes a predetermined cooling rate over a predetermined temperature range.

Abstract: This invention concerns a process for reducing dyes of the group consisting of sulfur and vat dyes. The reduction is carried out in an aqueous alkali medium using isomaltulose or a mixture containing isomaltulose as the reducing agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to acylated sucrosemonocarboxylic acids, the preparation and use thereof as surface-active substance.

Abstract: The invention relates to sucrose isomerases, to DNA sequences coding therefor, and to novel processes for the production of non-cariogenic sugars.

Abstract: A low-calorie, non-cariogenic sweetener suitable for diabetics comprising (fructosyl).sub.n mannitol and/or (fructosyl).sub.n sorbitol, where n=1-6, or a mixture of these compounds, and a process for the preparation thereof by hydrogenation of homooligomeric fructooligosaccharides.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a sweetener, in which sucrose is converted enzymatically into a saccharide mixture which is called "isomerized sucrose" and has a disaccharide content of more than 85% by weight, then non-isomerized remaining sucrose is removed from the latter by enzymatic and/or H.sup.+ ion-catalyzed cleavage, and this product is catalytically hydrogenated. Preferably either before or after the catalytic hydrogenation, the resulting mixture is subjected to a chromatographic separation. The sweeteners prepared by this process contain either a mixture of 10 to 50% by weight of 6-O-.alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol; 2 to 20% by weight of 1-O-.alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol; and 30 to 70% by weight of 1-O-.alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl-D-mannitol or of 5 to 10% by weight of 6-O-.alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol; 30 to 40% by weight of 1-O-.alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol; and 45 to 60% by weight of 1-O-.alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl-D-mannitol.

Abstract: A process for preparing 1-O-.alpha.-glucopyranoside-D-fructose by enzymatically converting sucrose is described, wherein a sucrose solution is brought into contact with free or immobilized, living or dead whole cells or with microorganisms forming the free or immobilized enzyme extract of isomaltulose from saccharose, the solution so treated being next subjected to chromatographic separation at ion exchangers or other suitable separation materials to obtain the 1-O-.alpha.-D-glucopyranosido-D-fructose as an aqueous solution which is then converted by methods known per se into the dry form.

Abstract: Isomaltulose (6-0-alpha-D-glucopyranosido-D-fructose) is produced by passing a pure sucrose solution through a reactor containing dead, immobilized cells of an isomaltulose-forming microorganism. The sucrose solution preferably contains 45 to 75% by weight sucrose and has a temperature of 45.degree. to 65.degree. C.