60 results about "Rare sugar" patented technology

Object: To provide a composition for preventing periodontal diseases (prophylactic agent of periodontal diseases), the composition having an excellent cariostatic property, being safe and stable for prolonged use and having less effects on flavor.Means for Resolution: A non-cariogenic material prepared by blending a rare sugar in the D form as selected from the group consisting of D-psicose, D-sorbose and D-tagatose, a rare sugar in the L form as selected from L-fructose, L-psicose and L-tagatose, or allitol as a rare sugar derivative, singly or in combination. A cariostatic agent comprising D-psicose, D-sorbose, D-tagatose, L-fructose, L-psicose and / or L-tagatose. A cariostatic agent in combination with catechins.

[OBJECT] To provide an agricultural chemical and the like with the use of an effect of inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant. To provide a growth inhibitor of not only a plant pathogenic bacterium but also a harmful microorganism.[MEANS FOR RESOLUTION] Utilization of a rare sugar for inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant or inhibiting the growth of a microorganism. Utilization thereof as an agricultural chemical with the use of the effect of inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant, a plant disease inhibitor, an inducer of a plant growth regulatory factor (i.e., an inducer of plant hormone-like actions consisting of disease resistance, insect resistance, fruit maturation, breaking of dormancy, regulation of germination, drying resistance, and other than this, resistance to environmental stresses such as low temperature resistance, high temperature resistance, salt resistance and heavy metal resistance and promotion of flowering) and a microorganism growth inhibitor. The rare sugar is an aldose (D-allose, D-altrose or L-galactose) or a ketose (D-psicose or a mixture of D-psicose and D-fructose).

Beverages comprising rare sugars and sweetness enhancers are provided herein, wherein the sweetness enhancers are present at or below the sweetness recognition threshold concentration. Also provided are methods for improving the sweetness of a beverage comprising rare sugars by adding a sweetness enhancer in a concentration at or below its sweetness recognition threshold. Beverages comprising natural high potency sweeteners and rare sugars with sugar-like characteristics are also provided, wherein the natural high potency sweetener and rare sugars are present in particular weight ratios.

The invention relates to a method for preparing rare sugar alcohol, which belongs to the field of biotechnology. The invention describes a method for preparing a xylitol and L-arabinose mixed crystal from xylose mother liquid by a biological method. The method comprises the following steps of: inoculating yeast (Candida sp)X828 CGMCC No.3691 which cannot use L-arabinose as a unique carbon source to a xylose mother liquid culture medium to ferment; consuming glucose and galactose in the xylose mother liquid; reducing the xylose to obtain xylitol so as to obtain xylitol and L-arabinose-containing fermentation liquid; and concentrating, desalting, reconcentrating and crystallizing the fermentation liquid to obtain the xylitol and L-arabinose mixed crystal. In the method, an additional value of the xylose mother liquid can be increased; and the xylitol and L-arabinose mixed crystal can be directly used for preparing a product which comprises the L-arabinose and the xylitol at the same time.

The invention relates to a method of producing xylose and xylitol and co-producing L-arabinose by bagasse. The method comprises the following steps: first, treating the bagasse; then, producing xylose by the bagasse; and respectively producing xylitol and arabinose by the product xylose and a xylose mother liquid. By using the bagasse as a raw material, the method provided by the invention obtains crystallized xylose and further products of xylitol and L-arabinose which are high in additional value and are widely applied to the fields of foods and medicines through a whole set of process line. The method provided by the invention is simple to operate, novel in technology, low in cost, diversified in product and high in economic value, is a process method which is initiated at home for co-producing functional sugar alcohols and rare sugar products by bagasse, and has an extremely wide application value.

Screening for a glucokinase-activating substance among rare sugars and providing a composition for treating disordered conditions in association with glucokinase activity, the composition containing the glucokinase-activating substance as the active ingredient. A promoting agent of glucokinase transfer from nucleus to cytoplasm, the promoting agent containing D-psicose and / or D-tagatose as the active ingredient, or a composition for preventing the onset of disordered conditions in association with glucokinase activity or for therapeutically treating the disordered conditions, which is in a form selected from a group consisting of food additives, food materials, drinks and foods, health drinks and foods, pharmaceutical product and feeds in blend with D-psicose and / or D-tagatose as the active ingredient for use in preventing the onset of disordered conditions in association with glucokinase activity or for therapeutically treating the disordered conditions. The disordered conditions in association with glucokinase activity are selected from impaired glucose tolerance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, abnormal lipidemia, the metabolic syndrome and obesity. The composition is in a pharmaceutical form, and contains D-psicose and / or D-tagatose together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers.

The invention provides methods and compositions for the production of L-ribitol and other rare sugars using a mannitol-1-dehydrogenase.

An object of the present invention is to improve a distinctive strange taste (particularly bitterness remaining in the mouth) of a conventional low-calorie food or drink, particularly an edible product (a food or drink) having low calories obtained by replacing part or most of the sugar or isomerized sugar to be added by a high-intensity sweetener. Provided are a composition for improving a taste of a high-intensity sweetener, a method of improving a taste of an edible product containing a high-intensity sweetener, and an edible product in which a taste of a high-intensity sweetener is improved, each of which is characterized by containing or using an isomerized sugar and a rare sugar such that the rare sugar is contained or used in an amount of from 1 to 150 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the isomerized sugar.

The present invention provides a novel sweetener, which is free from a risk of diseases caused by the intake of isomerized sugars and overcomes problems encountered in the course of producing a rare sugar-containing syrup or disadvantages in taste, a method for manufacturing the same, and a use thereof. A method for manufacturing a sweetener composition, said method comprising: treating sucrose with an acid and / or an enzyme under specific conditions to thereby efficiently decompose sucrose into glucose and fructose; and then isomerizing the obtained mixture using an alkali and / or an enzyme under specific conditions in such a manner as to allow the resultant isomerized product to contain D-psicose mainly as a rare sugar so that the product comprises, at a specific composition ratio, sucrose, D-glucose, D-fructose and rare sugar(s) at least containing D-psicose, or the product comprises, at a specific composition ratio, D-glucose, D-fructose and rare sugar(s) at least containing D-psicose.

[Problem] The present invention provides a method for improving the salty taste of food, the food containing salts and further containing grains. [Solution] A method for reinforcing the salty taste of food containing salts, characterized in that rare sugar is included in a raw material of the food containing salts. The method for reinforcing the salty taste is a salt-reducing method for reducing the salt content of food containing salts, or a method for masking the grain odor derived from grain in a raw material of food containing grain to which salts are added as a part thereof. The rare sugar is characterized in being rare sugar containing at least D-psicose.

An object of the present invention is to provide a bakery product which has a soft and moist texture, sweetly dissolves in the mouth, has a favorable flavor, and is well risen and a method of producing the same. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing the same. By using raw material flour obtained by blending a rare sugar-containing isomerized sugar syrup or a rare sugar in wheat flour as a main raw material in the production of a bakery product, a bakery product to which softness, moistness, and a property of sweetly dissolving in the mouth is imparted is produced.

To provide an agricultural chemical and the like with the use of an effect of inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant. To provide a growth inhibitor of not only a plant pathogenic bacterium but also a harmful microorganism.Utilization of a rare sugar for inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant or inhibiting the growth of a microorganism. Utilization thereof as an agricultural chemical with the use of the effect of inducing systemic acquired resistance in a plant, a plant disease inhibitor, an inducer of a plant growth regulatory factor (i.e., an inducer of plant hormone-like actions consisting of disease resistance, insect resistance, fruit maturation, breaking of dormancy, regulation of germination, drying resistance, and other than this, resistance to environmental stresses such as low temperature resistance, high temperature resistance, salt resistance and heavy metal resistance and promotion of flowering) and a microorganism growth inhibitor. The rare sugar is an aldose (D-allose, D-altrose or L-galactose) or a ketose (D-psicose or a mixture of D-psicose and D-fructose).

Disclosed herein is a solution that makes use of a food product that is effective for the detrimental decline of energy metabolism in humans and other mammals in need of treatment and / or prevention of accelerated energy expenditure and / or diminished energy expenditure functionality. The method disclosed herein continuously administers a functional food product rare sugar containing at least D-psicose to effectively improve energy expenditure.

To provide a solution employing a food product that is effective in countering the detrimental effects of diminished energy metabolism in humans or other mammals requiring treatment and / or prevention of accelerated energy expenditure and / or diminished energy expenditure functionality. A method involving successive intake of a functional food product of rare sugar containing at least D-glucose, to effectively improve energy expenditure.