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TL;DR: This chapter describes the importance of isomaltulose as a product and the attractions of using an immobilized cell process for its production and describes some of the methodological advances made and the experimental approaches useful for its large-scale production process.
Abstract: Publisher Summary This chapter describes the importance of isomaltulose as a product and the attractions of using an immobilized cell process for its production. It describes some of the methodological advances made and the experimental approaches useful for its large-scale production process. The chapter discusses the method to produce a pure, cheap product in as great a yield as possible and compatible with easy operation of the process. Isomaltulose is a natural component of honey. It has a number of interesting properties. The chemical synthesis of isomaltulose is very difficult. The microbial formation of isomaltulose has attracted commercial interest for some time. Efforts have been made to produce isomaltulose using immobilized cells as they offer several potential advantages over the fermentation process. Isomaltulose formation takes place most efficiently when nongrowing cells are used. Therefore, the cell production and product formation steps can be individually optimized, because they are performed separately.
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