List of amylase induced fermentations
This is a list of amylase induced fermentations. Saliva can be used as a source of the enzyme amylase to break down complex sugars into simple sugars. These simple sugars can then undergo fermentation by micro-organisms. Dual fermentation refers to fermentation by more than one micro-organism.[1]
Cassava
- Fermented beverage
- Cauim
- chicha: Throughout the Amazon Basin, including the interiors of Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil, chicha is made most often with cassava). In Peruvian Amazonia chicha is known as masato.
- kasiri (Sub-Saharan Africa)
- nihamanchi (South America), also known as nijimanche (Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru)
- Parakari (Guyana)
- Sakurá (Brazil, Surinam)
- Distilled beverage
- tiquira (Brazil)
References
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