CORN SYRUP – USA
April 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIE
AMERICAN scientists from the USA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have designed a new way to produce mannitol, a low-calorie mint-tasting sweetener. The "biobased" method involves feeding high-fructose corn syrup to bacteria Lactobacillus intermedius in a fermentation tank. After several hours the bacteria converts 72% percent of the syrup into mannitol.
AMERICAN scientists from the USA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have designed a new way to produce mannitol, a low-calorie mint-tasting sweetener. The "biobased" method involves feeding high-fructose corn syrup to bacteria Lactobacillus intermedius in a fermentation tank. After several hours the bacteria converts 72% percent of the syrup into mannitol.
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