Proteases for beer haze reduction
AssigneeInternational N&H Denmark Aps
InventorsJacob Flyvholm Cramer, Xiaogang Gu, Chao Huang, Xinyue Tang
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Abstract
The present invention relates to endoproteases. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of endoproteases for reduction or elimination of beer haze.
Claims25
A method for the reduction or prevention of haze in a beverage comprising adding an endoprotease to the beverage, wherein said endoprotease is an enzyme having at least 98, 99 or 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:16 or an endoprotease active fragment thereof such as a mature protein.
A method for increasing relative foam stability in a beer comprising adding an endoprotease to the beverage, wherein said endoprotease is an enzyme having at least 98, 99 or 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:16 or an endoprotease active fragment thereof such as a mature protein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.