A process for obtaining xylooligosaccharides from cereals and their malts

The present invention relates to a process for obtaining xylooligosaccharides from cereals. The invention is aimed at obtaining oligosaccharides from cereals using cereal/cereal malt enzymes. Xylans present in the cereal/cereal malt/ bran cell wall are hydrolyzed with the cereal/cereal malt enzyme extract, particularly rich with xylanase to obtain xylooligosaccharides. The present method exploits the cereal/cereal malt xylanase, which is induced during germination to hydrolyze cereal/cereal malt/cereal bran xylans leading to the liberation of xylooligosaccharides.