摘要 |
Efficient, selective, and economical methods for producing non-dairy, ready- to- use milk substitute cereal dispersions having intact .beta.-glucans, protein s, 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 hydrolyse .alpha.-glycosidic bonds and having no glucanase and proteinase effect. The hydrolase may be selected from the group consisting of .beta.- amylase, .alpha.-amylase, amyloglucosidase and pullulanase, with the proviso that when the enzyme preparation comprises .alpha.-amylase or .beta.-amylase , there is always a mixture of at least one other of the .alpha.-glycosidic hydrolases. When .beta.-amylase and .alpha.-amylase are selected, they are used as a mixture, i.e., introduced simultaneously, to provide for accelerat ed 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. |