1. Fish and shellfish enzymes
(1) Introduction
1. Enzymes are important components of food and feed for many reasons:
- Growth, maturation, production, processing, storage, and spoilage
- Consumer preference and selection
- Safety and control of predators
- Food intake, digestion, and assimilation and disease
- Analytical tools
2. The marine environment represents an enormous potential source of enzymes
(2) Choice of enzymes
1. Enzyme stability and reaction rate under diverse process variables are required to achieve
catalyst compatibility with industrial processes
2. Particular interest for the food and feed industry is the use of enzymes that are active at
low temperature
3. Most aquatic organisms are poikilotherms