Application of Microbial Enzymes in Food Industry

Enzymes are essential for both synthesis and breakdown processes in all living organisms. The use of biocatalysts has replaced destructive chemical reactions with environmentally beneficial biological ones. Back centuries Fermentation techniques known to prepare food, current trend of enzymes derived from microbial sources are crucial for food industry as more stable enzymes from animals and plant origin. Microbial enzymes are consistent, easy to modify and optimize, and can be derived through fermentation processes at lower coast by economic of scale. Enzymes application in various sectors, such as pharmaceutical, food and biotechnological industries. Moreover, commercial application for bioprocess of recombinant enzymes from fungi. Enzymes in the food industry can improve compound extractions, reduce viscosity, allow for bioconversion, promote separations, change functionalities, and alter flavour. Proteases, esterases, and exopeptidases are examples of enzymes that enhance dairy products and offer the possibility of producing bioactive and functional peptides. Hydrolase enzymes are important for several industrial operations.

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1. Department of Biotechnology, IILM University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India Bisma Jan
2. Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, India Sageer Abass
3. Department of Food Technology, School of Interdisciplinary & Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India Sameer Ahmad

1. Bisma Jan