A3 - Microbial Enzymes Legally Used in Food Processing in the USA

(Y.H. Hui, 1992 6)

Amyloglucosidase
from Rhizopus niveus
Degradation of gelatinized starch into constituent sugars, in the production of distilled spirits and vinegar
Carbohydrase
from Aspergillus niger
a) removal of visceral mass (bellies) in clam processing
b) aid in the removal of the shell from the edible tissue in shrimp processing
Carbohydrase
from Rhizopus oryzae
Production of dextrose from starch
Catalase
from Micrococcus lysodeikticus
Destruction and removal of hydrogen peroxides in the manufacture of cheese
Esterase (lipase)
from Mucor miehei
Flavour enhancer in: cheeses, fat and oils and milk products
a-Galactosidase
from Mortierella vinaceae (free enzyme and mycelia)
(var. raffinoseutilizer)
Production of sucrose from sugar beets by addition as mycellial pellets to the molasses to increase the yield of sucrose, followed by removal of the spent mycelial pellets by filtration
Microbial Milk-clotting Enzymes
from
Endothia parasitica
Bacillus cereus
Mucor pusillus (var. Lindt)
Mucor miehei (var. Cooney et Emerson)
Production of cheese if the enzyme was obtained from a pure culture fermentation
 


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