Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Nigerose also known as sakebiose is an unfermentable sugar obtained by partial hydrolysis of nigeran a polysaccharide found in black mold but is also readily extracted from the dextrans found in rice molds and many other fermenting microorganisms such as L. mesenteroides. It is a disaccharide made of two glucose residues connected with a 1->3 link. It is a product of the caramelization of glucose.
