Patent ID: 6410064
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
A method of processing soybean by use of an enzyme, which comprises the steps of:soaking the soybean in water; heating the soybean in the presence of water; cooling the heated soybean; performing an enzyme treatment by adding water and a pectinase produced by microorganisms of the genus Bacillus to the soybean to obtain a first mixture, and agitating the first mixture for a predetermined time period to thereby obtain a slurry, in which single cells of the soybean are dispersed; after said enzyme treatment, inactivating the pectinase; preparing a second mixture by mixing said slurry with a powder of a pulse other than the soybean; and drying said second mixture by means of flash drying or spray drying to obtain a processed soybean powder.