Dairy industry, enzymatic processes

Rermeting is the most used enzymatic process in the dairy industry. When... 

Enzymes are powerful catalysts. They are proteins, which are completely degraded in nature. Enzyme reactions are performed in mild conditions close to physiological temperature and pH. Because enzymes are specific, the side reactions are not very common. Enzymatic processes have gained an established position within various industrial applications in the detergent, starch processing, dairy, textile and pulp and paper industries. 

Hence, enzyme activity is not always unwanted. On the contrary, many industrial applications of enzymatic catalysts are known, including food processing (e.g., brewing, dairy, and starch industry) and chemical and pharmaceutical industry [9, 16-20]. However, this chapter is focused on the case of high-pressure processing of foods aimed at the prolongation of shelf life. Hence, the emphasis is placed on the inactivation of enzymes related to quality of food products. 

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