NOVEL KOJI MOLD, KOJI SEASONING/KOJI BEVERAGE USING KOJI MOLD, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING KOJI SEASONING/KOJI BEVERAGE

摘要

To provide a low cost and simple production process in which koji seasoning/koji beverage or the like with few fine foreign substances and smooth tongue-texture can be obtained in a short time by an inexpensive and simple grating process.SOLUTION: Provided is a process for producing koji seasoning/koji beverage using koji mold, the process for producing koji seasoning/koji beverage comprises a step of saccharification of grains contained in feed raw material including a step of increasing the extracellular concentration of serine protease, in which the step of increasing the extracellular concentration of serine protease comprises adding serine protease as an enzyme agent.SELECTED DRAWING: None