What is Liquefaction? Enzymes in Starch Liquefaction Process

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What is Liquefaction? Enzymes in Starch Liquefaction Process

by Innita Biotech | Starch Processing Enzymes

Many industries like food, beverage, and pharmacy use sugar as a strategic sweetener and prefer liquid sugar for it. On the other hand, people use crystal sugar for domestic usage. The crystallisation process in sugar production units is highly energy-intensive. Since the production process of liquid sugar doesn’t include crystallisation, industries that need sugar as a sweetener prefer liquid sugar because they save a considerable amount of energy.

Starch is the essential raw material used in liquid sugar production. Liquid sugar, also called glucose syrup, is a condensed solution gained from starch by enzyme hydrolysis.

The enzymatic procedure to hydrolyse starch is a more eective and simple process than acid hydrolysis. The process is basically divided into two phases – liquefaction and saccharication.

Liquefaction: An Overview

The liquefaction process includes the gelatinisation of the starch and its treatment with alphaamylase (��-amylase). The ��-amylase breaks down the starch into even-sized chains, resulting in

maltose, dextrin, malt-pentose, and malt-triose. This process is followed by saccharication, the second stage of enzymatic hydrolysis of starch.

Eect of

liquefaction

time and enzyme addition on liquid sugar production

Glucose production will be greater if there is a longer hydrolysis process. The process can be prolonged with longer liquefaction, resulting in increased glucose content. With a longer liquefaction time, higher glucose content can be obtained since it helps in better fragmentation of starch into glucose. However, an excessively long liquefaction process and enzyme addition can have an adverse eect. It may happen due to a specic activity of α-amylase.

During enzyme hydrolysis, it is essential to run the liquefaction eectively with the right timing; otherwise, the desired result wouldn’t be gained. The eectiveness of the liquefaction process can be ensured by proper conditions for processing and adding the right amount of enzymes.

Types Of Enzymes Used  In Starch Liquefaction Process

Dierent enzymes can optimise the starch liquefaction process in terms of quality, cost, and eciency of the process, considering a range of conditions. The following are the widely used enzymes in the starch liquefaction process;

Alpha-amylases

Alpha-amylase breaks down the starch under the right circumstances, initiates the liquefaction process and converts starch into liquid sugar. It is an enzyme that initiates the degradation of starch molecules and hydrolysis of starch to break it into small chains. Nearly all living organisms widely produce this enzyme. These enzymes have applications in various food-related industries, and the liquefaction of sugar is a primary one among them. Apart from that, they are used during baking as an antistaling agent in bread.

Where To Get Enzymes For Liquefaction?

Starch liquefaction is a process utilised by numerous industries like food, beverages and pharmaceuticals; therefore, liquefaction enzymes have numerous applications in these industries. If you are operating an industrial unit and need enzymes for liquefaction but don’t know where to get them, Innita Biotech is the solution. We are one of India’s leading biotech rms known for our assorted range of industrial enzymes and solutions. The array of solutions and products oered by us deliver numerous benets that conventional chemicals and processes can not provide. With products and solutions provided by Innita Biotech, industrial units can have the benets like optimum quality, reduced production cost, minimal wastage and lower consumption of energy.

ALPHA AMYLASE FOR LIQUEFACTION

This high temperature Alpha Amylase convert Starch into Dextrin.

Reduces Viscosity

Dextrins Generation Free Sugar Generation

BETA AMYLASE

Our Beta Amylase can be used for the production of Maltose Syrup.

Maltose Generation

De-branchng Of Dextrins

GLUCO AMYLASE FOR SACCHARIFICATION

Reduces Viscosity

Our Gluco Amylase is useful for converting Dextrin into Glucose.

High Glucose Syrup Pullanase Activity Thermal And Ph Stability

Alpha Amylase Enzyme an Overview

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What is Liquefaction? Enzymes in Starch Liquefaction Process

by Infinita Biotech | Starch Processing Enzymes

Many industries like food, beverage, and pharmacy use sugar as a strategic sweetener and prefer liquid sugar for it. On the other hand, people use crystal sugar for domestic usage. The crystallisation process in sugar production units is highly energy-intensive. Since the production process of liquid sugar doesn’t include crystallisation, industries that need sugar as a sweetener prefer liquid sugar because they save a considerable amount of energy.

Starch is the essential raw material used in liquid sugar production. Liquid sugar, also called glucose syrup, is a condensed solution gained from starch by enzyme hydrolysis.

The enzymatic procedure to hydrolyse starch is a more eective and simple process than acid hydrolysis. The process is basically divided into two phases – liquefaction and saccharication.

Liquefaction: An Overview

The liquefaction process includes the gelatinisation of the starch and its treatment with alpha-amylase (��-amylase). The ��-amylase breaks down the starch into even-sized chains, resulting in maltose, dextrin, malt-pentose, and malt-triose. This process is followed by saccharication, the second stage of enzymatic hydrolysis of starch.

Eect of liquefaction time and enzyme addition on liquid sugar production

Glucose production will be greater if there is a longer hydrolysis process. The process can be prolonged with longer liquefaction, resulting in increased glucose content. With a longer liquefaction time, higher glucose content can be obtained since it helps in better fragmentation of starch into glucose. However, an excessively long liquefaction process and enzyme addition can have an adverse eect. It may happen due to a specic activity of α-amylase.

During enzyme hydrolysis, it is essential to run the liquefaction eectively with the right timing; otherwise, the desired result wouldn’t be gained. The eectiveness of the liquefaction process can be ensured by proper conditions for processing and adding the right amount of enzymes.

Types Of Enzymes Used  In Starch Liquefaction Process

Dierent enzymes can optimise the starch liquefaction process in terms of quality, cost, and eciency of the process, considering a range of conditions. The following are the widely used enzymes in the starch liquefaction process;

Alpha-amylases

Alpha-amylase breaks down the starch under the right circumstances, initiates the liquefaction process and converts starch into liquid sugar. It is an enzyme that initiates the degradation of starch molecules and hydrolysis of starch to break it into small chains. Nearly all living organisms widely produce this enzyme. These enzymes have applications in various food-related industries, and the liquefaction of sugar is a primary one among them. Apart from that, they are used during baking as an antistaling agent in bread.

Where To Get Enzymes For Liquefaction?

Starch liquefaction is a process utilised by numerous industries like food, beverages and pharmaceuticals; therefore, liquefaction enzymes have numerous applications in these industries. If you are operating an industrial unit and need enzymes for liquefaction but don’t know where to get them, Innita Biotech is the solution. We are one of India’s leading biotech rms known for our assorted range of industrial enzymes and solutions. The array of solutions and products oered by us deliver numerous benets that conventional chemicals and processes can not provide. With products and solutions provided by Innita Biotech, industrial units can have the benets like optimum quality, reduced production cost, minimal wastage and lower consumption of energy.

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ALPHA AMYLASE FOR LIQUEFACTION

This high temperature Alpha Amylase convert Starch into Dextrin. Reduces Viscosity

Dextrins Generation

Free Sugar Generation

BETA AMYLASE

Our Beta Amylase can be used for the production of Maltose Syrup. Maltose Generation De-branchng Of Dextrins Reduces Viscosity

GLUCO AMYLASE FOR SACCHARIFICATION

Our Gluco Amylase is useful for converting Dextrin into Glucose. High Glucose Syrup Pullanase Activity

Thermal And Ph Stability GET A QUOTE

Alpha Amylase Enzyme an Overview

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