PROCESSED SOYBEAN AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

• Main Author: AKAZAWA, TORU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Japanese
• Published: 27.10.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

A process for producing processed soybean, in which soybeans can be processed into single cells in a processing time shorter than in the prior art. This process comprises the step of performing enzymatic treatment of soybeans in the presence of water with the use of as an enzyme at least one of cellulase or hemicellulase, especially preferably hemicellulase produced by Trichoderma sp., so as to effect division into individual soybean single cells. By virtue of this enzymatic treatment, not only can reduction of production cost be attained but also the safety of quality of processed soybean thus obtained can be enhanced. Un processus de production de soja traité, dans lequel le soja peut être traité en cellules uniques dans un délai de traitement inférieur à ce qui existe. Ce processus comprend une étape de réalisation du traitement enzymatique du soja en présence d'eau en utilisant comme enzyme au moins de la cellulase ou de l'hémicellulase, en préférant de l'hémicellulase produite par Trichoderma sp., de manière à donner effet à la division dans chaque cellule unique de soja. En vertu de ce traitement enzymatique, non seulement il est possible de réduire le coût de production mais aussi d'améliorer la sécurité de la qualité du soja ainsi obtenu.