‘Verenium is pleased to introduce this unique enzyme specifically designed to improve the economics and efficiency in the sweetener and beverage alcohol production market,’ said Janet Roemer, Verenium’s executive vice president, Specialty Enzymes Business. ‘Veretase will offer customers greater operational flexibility in the plant reducing processing costs considerably.’
The company projects the addressable global market for Veretase for sweeteners and beverage alcohol production to be in excess of $80 million annually.
Verenium has started marketing and selling Veretase directly to sweetener and beverage alcohol producers in the first quarter of 2009 and manufactures the enzyme under its agreement with Fermic S.A. de C.V.
About Veretase alpha-amylase
Veretase alpha-amylase is a high performance enzyme developed to improve the efficiency and economics of sweetener and beverage alcohol production. With a mode of action, this enzyme breaks down starch into a more uniform blend of lower molecular weight oligosaccharides, improving saccharification and fermentation efficiency and consistency.
Verenium is a US-based provider of high-performance specialty enzymes.
