Abstract: Provided herein are methods of making a substantially clear syrup comprising reacting one or more substrates at a concentration of at least 40% w/w with at least one alternan sucrase enzyme at a temperature of greater than 45° C.

Abstract: There is described a process for preparing a food or beverage composition having sweetness and a low glycemic index that entails incorporating in the composition a low glycemic index product comprising a blend of sucrose and a syrup or syrup solids comprising an acceptor selected from the group consisting of a sugar and a sugar alcohol having free hydroxyl groups at one or more of carbon positions numbers 2, 3 and 6, the blend having been reacted with a glucansucrase enzyme. Also disclosed is a process for reducing glycemic index of a food or beverage composition that entails introducing into the food or beverage composition a low glycemic index product comprising a blend of sucrose and a syrup or syrup solids comprising an acceptor selected from the group consisting of a sugar and a sugar alcohol having free hydroxyl groups at one or more of carbon positions numbers 2, 3 and 6, the blend having been reacted with a glucansucrase enzyme.

Abstract: The present invention provides an all-natural, non-chemically modified supplement for increasing the growth and/or crop yield of fungi in a growth medium comprising corn gluten meal having a particle size range of from about 10 to about 40 mesh, having a moisture content of less than about 10% and having a protein content of about 60% or greater of the total weight percent of the corn gluten meal. The present invention also provides processes for preparing the nutrient supplement, compositions containing the nutrient supplement and media and processes for growing fungi.

Abstract: The conversion of 2,6-dialky naphthalene to the corresponding 2,9-dicarboxy naphthalene by microbiological means is described. Exemplary means include the use of NAH7 plasmids, encoding aromatic oxygenase enzymes, in a Pseudomonas host. The conversion product is useful as a monomer in the production of high performance synthetic polymers.