Prolamin-reduced beverages and methods for the preparation thereof
AssigneeN-Zyme Biotech GmbH
InventorsRalf Pasternack, Stefan Marx, Dominik Jordan
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Abstract
A process for the preparation of a beverage, a beverage base, a beverage concentrate or a beverage additive having a reduced prolamin content from prolamin-containing raw materials, comprising the following steps: a) contacting the beverage or a precursor of the beverage with cross-linking enzymes to obtain modified prolamin; b) removing the modified prolamin at least partially.
Claims15
A process for the preparation of a beverage having reduced prolamin content from prolamin-containing raw materials, comprising the following steps:
- a) providing a prolamin-containing beverage selected from the group consisting of a beverage produced from a malt, a beverage produced from a wort prepared from a malt, a beverage produced from a malt extract, and any combinations thereof;
- b) contacting said beverage with a transglutaminase cross-linking enzyme to obtain a modified prolamin in said beverage;
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- c) removing the modified prolamin from said beverage to produce said beverage having a reduced prolamin content.
A process for reducing prolamin content in a beverage precursor, comprising:
- a) providing a prolamin-containing beverage precursor selected from the group consisting of malt, wort prepared from a malt, malt extract, and any combinations thereof;
- b) contacting said beverage precursor with a transglutaminase cross-linking enzyme to obtain a modified prolamin in said beverage;
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- c) removing the modified prolamin formed in step (b) to produce a reduced-prolamin beverage precursor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.