Ingredients

1086 articles on substrates, cultures and additives.

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Additives and aids

Enzyme sources

Pectic enzyme

A family of pectin-active enzyme preparations used in fruit and beverage processing. Exact activities and formulations vary; the linked Concord recipe and its current powder product give conflicting use rates.

White rice kōji with fine surface growth in a shallow speckled ivory ceramic bowl.
Enzyme sources

Koji culture: named mold, substrate and enzyme system

Koji is steamed grain — rice, barley, soybean or wheat — grown out with a food-grade Aspergillus mold until the kernels carry working enzymes. It is bought or cultivated, and it converts starch and protein for the foods that follow.