ε-polylysine is a natural microbial metabolic product, composed of the essential amino acid - lysine through the α- hydroxyl and ε- amino group to form an amide bond to form a homopolymer of amino acids between 25 and 35. It is a natural product with antiseptic function purified by ion exchange resin in the culture medium of controlled fermentation of streptomyces diastatochromoegenes . Lysine is one of the 8 essential amino acids of the human body, ε-polylysine hydrochloride will be decomposed into lysine after entering the human digestive tract, which is digested and absorbed by the human body, so ε-polylysine hydrochloride is a nutritional antibiotic product, and the safety is higher than that of chemical synthetic preservatives.
The product is suitable for beverages, rice and its products, vegetables, fruits, beans, edible fungi, algae, nuts, wheat flour and its products, meat products, grain products and condiments.
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