Enzymes for liquefaction

Low-pH liquefaction - cut pH chemicals by 50%

Liquefaction

What is liquefaction?

During the starch refining process, starch needs to be broken down into simpler carbohydrates and maltodextrins to enable further processing. This is typically done with the use of enzymes.

Lower your cost of conversion and achieve a more sustainable process, by reducing the chemicals needed, enabling lower pH liquefaction, and or reduce energy by increasing dry solids in your process.

How can enzymes help?

Liquefaction should run efficiently, but sometimes it doesn’t. 

Just a few of the challenges are the cost of chemical inputs and removing them later with ion exchange, incomplete conversion, and iodine-positive issues causing quality and filtration issues 

DE (dextrose equivalent) development in liquefaction is determined by process conditions, enzyme dosage and efficiency. Novozymes’ range of alpha-amylases can optimize the liquefaction process in terms of cost, quality and efficiency under a wide variety of conditions. With LpHera®, you can cut your chemical costs by more than 50%.

Liquefaction

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