摘要 |
EFFICIENT, SELECTIVE, AND ECONOMICAL METHODS FOR PRODUCING NON-DAIRY, READY-TO-USE MILK SUBSTITUTE CEREAL DISPERIONS HAVING INTACT (BETHA)-GLUCANS, PROTEINS, AND NATURAL SUGARS, WHILE RETAINING THE AROMA AND FLAVOR OF NATURAL CEREAL. THE METHODS INCLUDE TREATING A CEREAL SUBSTRATE SUSPENSION WITH AN ENZYME PREPARATION THAT COMPRISES AT LEAST ONE HYDROLASE HAVING THE ABILITY TO HYDROLYZE (ALPHA)-GLYCOSIDIC BONDS AND HAVING NO GLUCANASE AND PROTAINASE EFFECT. THE HYDROLASE MAY BE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (BETHA)-AMYLASE , AMYLOGLUCOSIDASE AND PULLULANASE, WITH THE PROVISO THAT WHEN THE ENZYME PREPARATION COMPRISES (ALPHA)-AMYLASE OR (BETHA)-AMYLASE, THERE IS ALWAYS A MIXTURE OF AT LEAST ONE OTHER OF THE (ALPHA)-GLYCOSIDIC HYDROLASES. WHEN (BETHA)-AMYLASE AND (ALPHA)-AMYLASE ARE SELECTED, THEY ARE USED AS A MIXTURE, I.E., INTRODUCED SIMULTANEOUSLY, TO PROVIDE FOR ACCELERATED ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS AND FOR REDUCED AMOUNTS OF THE ENZYMES THAN OTHERWISE NEEDED IF THE ENZYMES WERE USED SEPARATELY . IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE-IDENTIFIED HYDROLASES, THE ENZYME PREPARATIONS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION MAY FURTHER COMPRISE AN ISOMERASE, SUCH AS GLUCOSE ISOMERASE. |