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US 6,190,708 B1Granted
Enzyme preparations for modifying cereal suspensions
AssigneeCereal Base CEBA AB
InventorAngelika Oste Triantafyllou
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AssigneeCereal Base CEBA AB
InventorAngelika Oste Triantafyllou
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The present invention provides efficient, selective and economical methods for producing cereal suspensions having the aroma and/or flavor of natural cereals and for modifying the viscosity and/or sugar kind of cereal suspensions. The methods include treating a cereal substrate suspension with an enzyme preparation which comprises at least one hydrolase having the ability to hydrolyze α-glycosidic bonds and having no glucanase and proteinase effect. The hydrolase may be selected from the group consisting of β-amylase, α-amylase, amyloglucosidase and pullulanase, with the proviso that when the enzyme preparation comprises β-amylase or (α-amylase there is always a mixture of at least one other of the α-glycosidic hydrolases. In addition to the above-identified hydrolases, the enzyme preparations of the present invention may further comprise an isomerase, such as glucose isomerase.
A method of making a modified oat cereal suspension comprising maltose and maltodextrin units, intact β-glucans and proteins by the steps, which comprise:
An enzyme modified oat cereal suspension comprising maltose and maltodextrin units, intact β-glucans and proteins, said enzyme modified oat cereal suspension prepared by the method which comprises the steps of:
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