Enzymes play a vital function in the regulation and performance of living cells.
They speed up reactions and catalyze specific reactions while producing few byproducts.
The food industry has taken advantage of these properties to produce
enzymes that can reduce food production costs, manufacturing time, and waste
production, and improve taste, color, and texture. The advent of bioengineering
has enabled the enzyme industry to produce microbial enzymes that look and
function like animal or vegetable enzymes. Bioengineered enzymes are cheaper to
produce and easier to control for purity. The use of microbial enzymes is more
compatible with halal food production because it eliminates the use of animalderived
enzymes. However, animal-derived enzymes are still used in the food
industry, particularly in the dairy industry.