A WATER-SOLUBLE CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE WITH A MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETWEEN 500 AND 100,000 PRODUCED BY ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; USE IN FOOD

摘要

A water soluble enzymatic hydrolysate of a cellulose derivative and fractions tereof comprising a cellulose derivative hydrolyzed with an enzyme preparation to form a low molecular weight polymer or a mixture of oligomers having an average degree of polymerization in the range of 3 to 300 and a molecular weight of 500 to 100,000: and a method for producing and using such hydrolysates and fractions thereof.