Sweet has always been a very important basic taste for mankind, although sweetness is
always related to either weight gain or teeth decay. Sweeteners entered the food industry …

Abstract β-Galactosidase is one of the most important industrial enzymes, that has been
used for many decades in the dairy industry. The main application of β-galactosidase is …

Among the emerging sweeteners, d-tagatose occupies a significant niche due to its low
calorific value, antidiabetic property and growth promoting effects on intestinal probiotics …

Rare sugars are monosaccharides with a limited availability in the nature and almost
unknown biological functions. The use of industrial enzymatic and microbial processes …

At present, with the continuous improvement of living standards, people are paying
increasing attention to dietary nutrition and health. Low sugar and low energy consumption …

Isomerases perform biotransformations without cofactors but often cause an undesirable
mixture of substrate and product due to unfavorable thermodynamic equilibria. We …

Dairy industry waste has been explored as a cheap and attractive raw material to produce
various commercially important rare sugars. In this study, a lactose-rich dairy byproduct …

The valorization of galactose derived from acid whey to low-calorie tagatose has gained
increasing attention. Enzymatic isomerization is of great interest but faces several …

Saccharides have recently attracted considerable attention because of their biological
functions and potential applications in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries …

In the present study, a new strain of Lactobacillus brevis producing d-tagatose was isolated
and identified. Then, the l-arabinose isomerase (L-AI) of this strain was displayed on the …