Name: Neutrase® 0.8 L BrewQ
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Yeast is a living organism and needs proteins to grow and multiply. This product boosts FAN levels to make more nitrogen compounds available for yeast to metabolize during fermentation. That improves the health of your yeast and ensures consistent fermentation performance.

Ensure consistent fermentations

This product hydrolyzes internal peptide bonds. This reaction supports the peptidases naturally present in cereals. That generates more FAN to increase levels in the wort.

FAN Generation

Physical stability is a key factor in beer quality. Proteins are a common cause of haze especially with high-barley-inclusion recipes. By degrading proteins, this product may improve the clarity of your beers.

Improve physical stability

FAN levels in the wort influence the formation of flavor compounds. These in turn impact the flavor of the resulting beer. If FAN levels are too high or too low, it can lead to off-flavors in your final beers. By helping you manage FAN levels, this product helps you avoid off-flavors in your final beer.

Manage flavor control

Neutrase® 0.8 L BrewQ improves yeast health and ensures consistency in beer flavour quality.

Ensure consistent fermentations Yeast is a living organism and needs proteins to grow and multiply. This product boosts FAN levels to make more nitrogen compounds available for yeast to metabolize during fermentation. That improves the health of your yeast and ensures consistent fermentation performance.
FAN Generation This product hydrolyzes internal peptide bonds. This reaction supports the peptidases naturally present in cereals. That generates more FAN to increase levels in the wort.
Improve physical stability Physical stability is a key factor in beer quality. Proteins are a common cause of haze especially with high-barley-inclusion recipes. By degrading proteins, this product may improve the clarity of your beers.
Manage flavor control FAN levels in the wort influence the formation of flavor compounds. These in turn impact the flavor of the resulting beer. If FAN levels are too high or too low, it can lead to off-flavors in your final beers. By helping you manage FAN levels, this product helps you avoid off-flavors in your final beer.

Benefits

Neutrase® 0.8 L BrewQ is an endo-protease that raises FAN levels. This is useful if you're working with poorly modified malt or adjunct. Normal malt solubilizes a maximum of 30-40% of the protein. Neutrase® 0.8 L BrewQ can bring solubilized protein levels as high as 40-50%.

Details

This product contains enzymes. While enzymes are safe to use in consumer applications, they need correct handling in working environments to ensure workers’ safety.

Indeed, repeated inhalation of enzyme dust or aerosols resulting from improper handling may induce sensitization and may cause allergic type 1 reactions in sensitized individuals.

Please follow the precautionary handling recommendations below:

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 </article><ul><li>Avoid breathing dust/fume/gas/mist/vapors/spray</li>
	<li>Avoid contact with eyes, skin, or clothing</li>
	<li>In case of inadequate ventilation wear respiratory protection</li>
	<li>IF INHALED: Remove person to fresh air and keep comfortable for breathing</li>
	<li>If experiencing respiratory symptoms: Call a POISON CENTER or a doctor</li>
	<li>Store in a dry place. Store in a closed container</li>
	<li>Dispose of contents/containers in accordance with local regulations</li>
</ul>For recommendations on how to safely handle the enzyme product, please visit the <a href="https://cdn.novozymes.com/sites/default/files/document/2024-09/Novonesis_Working_with_enzymes.pdf">guide</a>.

Safe handling

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Neutrase® 0.8 L BrewQ

Yeast needs Free Amino Nitrogen (FAN) to thrive. Low FAN levels in the wort lead to poor fermentation and low-quality beer. Under-modified malt or high adjunct ratios can reduce FAN levels. Proteases break down peptides to boost FAN levels, improving fermentation and beer quality.

 
Yeast is a living organism that needs proteins to grow and multiply.  In wort, the main nitrogen sources for yeast metabolism are individual amino acids, small peptides and ammonium ions. These amino acids and peptides are known as FAN (Free Amino Nitrogen). Good FAN levels in the wort lead to good fermentation and acceptable, reproducible beer quality. 

Endogenous proteases form FAN during the malting process and proteolysis rest in mashing.  But under-modified malt or high adjunct (e.g. barley, corn, sorghum or rice) ratios can lead to low FAN levels in the wort. 

To raise FAN levels, brewers add endo-proteases at mashing-in. Endo-proteases hydrolyze internal peptide bonds. This reaction generates more substrate for the peptidases naturally present in cereals. That leads to higher FAN levels in the wort and better, reproducible beer quality.

How proteases boost FAN levels in brewing

The way this product modifies theprotein matrix allows for shorter mashing times. It can also have a positive impact on wort filtration and extract yields in the brewhouse. That boosts your brewhouse capacity.

Increased brewhouse capacity

Lipoxygenase (LOX) activity can lead to stale flavor formation during malting and mashing.  LOX rapidly denatures at temperatures above 60°C. This thermostable product can break protein down at higher temperatures. That helps you avoid LOX activity during mashing for improved flavor stability.

Avoid stale off-flavors

This product's concentrated formulation allows you to reduce your number of deliveries. The result is lower handling costs and an improved sustainability profile.

Enhance sustainability claims

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