Starch sugar production is an ancient industry. In China, around 1000 BC, there have been records of the production of "caramel". In the West, in 1811, the German chemist Kirchoff accidentally obtained a sweet syrup by adding sulfuric acid to potato starch milk in order to make an adhesive, which was the beginning of starch sugar making. Starch sugar is an important raw material for China's food and chemical industries, and is a useful supplement for people's daily consumption of sugar. Today we will walk into its world together to understand it.
Starch sugar is starch or starch containing substances of raw materials produced sugar, starch sugar has long been widely used in food, medicine, paper and many other industries, it plays a huge role in people's lives, and can even play a role in saving lives, which is what we often call pharmaceutical glucose.
Compared with sucrose production, the production of starch sugar has several advantages, it can be any kind of starch crop as raw materials, and production is not limited by regions and seasons, because of these advantages, not only sugar-deficient countries are vigorously developing starch sugar, that is, countries with a well-developed sucrose industry are also vigorously developing starch sugar.
According to its composition source, starch sugar can be roughly divided into liquid glucose, crystalline glucose, maltose syrup, maltodextrin, malto-oligosaccharides, fructose syrup and the like. Starch sugar in the taste, function than sucrose can better adapt to the needs of different consumers, and can improve the quality and processing performance of food, such as maltose syrup, starch syrup can be substituted for part of the sucrose in the manufacture of candy, candied fruit, can prevent "anti-sand", "fire", and improve its taste, etc., these are unparalleled sucrose. In the case of sugar shortage, starch sugar can also be used to alleviate the urgent need.
In addition to the sugars mentioned above, in recent years, people have also successfully produced functional oligosaccharides such as isomaltose oligosaccharides, fructooligosaccharides, and lactoligosaccharides. Compared with ordinary sugar products, in addition to having good flavor, low sweetness, heat and acid resistance stability and good moisturizing properties, they also have special functions, that is, to promote the proliferation of beneficial bacteria bifidobacteria in the intestine, improve the microbiome of the body's digestive tract, inhibit the production of putrefactive bacteria, increase the synthesis of B vitamins, promote the absorption of calcium, thereby improving the body's immunity, for the prevention and suppression of human hyperlipidemia, diabetes, obesity and other related diseases, optimize the micro-ecological environment in the body has an irreplaceable role, and now The enzymatic production of oligo maltose and fructooligosaccharides is gradually moving towards industrialization, especially the use of corn cobs and other raw materials for enzymatic preparation of xylose oligosaccharides, which effectively uses the waste of agricultural production, and opens up a new way for cheap raw materials to produce low-sugar sweeteners.
In addition, glucose can also be made into sorbitol after hydrogenation, and maltose can also be made into maltitol after hydrogenation. Maltitol is a sugar-free food sweetener, which is an ideal nutritional sweetener of a new type, which can be consumed by diabetics. Did you learn today's content? Follow me to learn more about biological enzyme protocols.
PART 01
Prolanase (P2000)
Xiasheng Pruran enzyme is refined by bacillus subtilis (Bacillussubtilis) through liquid deep fermentation, ultrafiltration and other processes. The enzyme can hydrolyze the α-1,6 glucoside bonds in the starch to produce a linear polysaccharide containing only α-1,4 glycoside bonds, which can improve the utilization of starch. Compared with typical acidic propluranase, the enzyme tolerates a wider pH range, and is particularly suitable for processes with neutral saccharification pH such as trehalose and ultra-high maltose.
PART 02
α-Amylase (high temperature resistant AmerXL)
Xia sheng α-amylase (high temperature resistant AmerXL) is refined by bacillus licheniformis through liquid deep fermentation, ultrafiltration and other processes. No need to add calcium ions, pH as low as 5.0 can still operate stably, and has good temperature resistance, can be applied to 110 °C spray liquefaction system. It can quickly hydrolyze the α-1.4 glucoside bonds in the starch molecules, randomly hydrolyze short-chain dextrins and a small amount of oligosaccharides, so that the starch slurry viscosity is rapidly reduced, so it is widely used in the liquefaction of starchy raw materials such as starch sugar industry.
PART 03
Glucoamylase (potent Powermix 2.0)
Xiasheng glucoamylase (powerful Powermix2.0) is designed for users with more demanding saccharification conditions, which can greatly shorten the saccharification cycle, of which glucose amylase can hydrolyze the α-1,4 and α-1,6 glucoside bonds in the liquefied starch to produce glucose; among them, the Prouran enzyme can quickly hydrolyze the α-1,6 glucoside bonds in the liquefied starch to produce a straight-chain dextrin.