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Table 1 FOS and non-FOS sugar ratios after treatment by invertase-deficient yeast

From: Transformation of sugarcane molasses into fructooligosaccharides with enhanced prebiotic activity using whole-cell biocatalysts from Aureobasidium pullulans FRR 5284 and an invertase-deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1403-7A

Component

Molasses

 

Sucrose

Nutraflora P95

3 h

9 h

 

3 h

9 h

GF2a

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

1.00

1.00

GF3

0.57

1.36

 

1.03

1.98

1.47

GF4

0.04

0.28

 

0.10

0.63

0.20

Fructose

0.28

0.43

 

0.00

0.23

b

Sucrose

0.67

0.16

 

0.47

0.29

b

  1. aThe concentrations of GF3, GF4, fructose and sucrose were compared to the concentrations of GF2
  2. bGlucose, fructose and sucrose were not detected in Nutraflora P95