Enzyme compositions for producing cereal-based product and methods thereof

A method of preparing a cereal-based product, comprising:

• i) providing a cereal mixture including a cereal material and an aqueous medium by:
• mixing raw oats in water at a concentration in a range of 5 to 15% (w/v), cooking the raw oats and the water, gelatinizing the raw oats after cooking, and wet-milling the gelatinized raw oats at a temperature in a range of 50° C. to 60° C.;
• ii) treating the cereal mixture with an effective amount of an enzyme composition under a temperature to obtain a treated mixture, the enzyme composition including at least one malto-oligosaccharide forming amylase (MFAse), wherein the at least one MFAse is a maltotetraose-forming amylase (G4-amylase), and the effective amount of the enzyme composition is 1% of the raw oats by weight;
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• iii) processing the treated mixture from step ii) to obtain the cereal-based product, wherein the cereal-based product is a cereal suspension, a proportion of glucose in total soluble sugar in the cereal-based product is less than 5% by weight and a maltotetraose in the total soluble sugar in the cereal-based product is more than 50% by weight.