Enzymatic production of fructooligosaccharides from inexpensive and abundant substrates using a membrane reactor system. Issue 9 (12th June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ur Rehman, Amad; Kovacs, Zoltan; Quitmann, Hendrich; Ebrahimi, Mehrdad; Czermak, Peter
• Is Part Of: Separation science and technology. Volume 51:Issue 9(2016)
• Page Start: 1537
• Page End: 1545
• Publication Date: 2016-06-12
• Subjects: Beet molasses -- enzymatic membrane reactor (EMR) -- fructooligosaccharides (FOS) -- inexpensive -- Pectinex Ultra SP-L; Separation (Technology) -- Periodicals; 660.284205
• DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2016.1167740
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0149-6395

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The concept of zero waste in the sugar industry has encouraged the development of technologies that promote utilization of by-products, including the enzymatic conversion of waste feed stocks into nutraceutical products. Here we investigated a membrane reactor for the production of fructooligosaccharides (FOS) with immobilized enzyme (Pectinex Ultra SP-L) system using pretreated molasses as substrate with cleaning efficiency and less fouling as performance tools. The resulting spectra showed a high FOS yield of 63% with 89% conversion from available sucrose. So, the enzymatic membrane reactor system with innovative continuous separation of enzyme was proved to fit for the production of FOS.