Simplifying the process, improving yield (by 25%) and reducing production costs.

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Yeast cells can metabolise fructose or glucose into ethanol using the well know pathways of fermentation (brewing). However the fructans found in some plant materials, i.e. fructose-polymers, cannot be digested by yeast cells without first being hydrolysised (broken down) using enzymes such as fructanase, an expensive additive to the process. This invention describes a novel yeast cell with capability to metabolise fructans into ethanol directly, simplifying the process, improving yield (by 25%) and reducing production costs. Patent applications are pending.

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