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Batch Hydrolysis of Lactose in Concentrated Whey Systems
Author(s) -
JACKSON ERIC H.,
JELEN PAVEL
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1989.tb07953.x
Subject(s) - lactase , lactose , hydrolysis , chemistry , food science , chromatography , biochemistry
Commercial preparations of acid and neutral β‐galactosidases were assayed for their ability to hydrolyze lactose in wheys with varying total solids content. In wheys with 7.3 to 24.7% TS, at pH 4.5 and 55°C the lactose conversion obtained in 300 min with the acid lactase ranged from 92 to 75%. Similarly, the neutral lactase hydrolyzed between 92 and 79% of lactase in wheys adjusted to pH 6.5 and 35°C; however, the reaction appeared to reach its maximum after 90 min in contrast to the acid lactase.