Table 7.1.

List of approved enzyme classes for use as a processing agent in food in Europe. Only one example of species of the production organism per enzyme is shown. For each product, the fungal or bacterial origin of the host organism is shown

Enzyme activity	Production microorganism	Host organism
Aminopeptidase	Aspergillus niger	Fungal
Aminopeptidase (leucyl)	Aspergillus oryzae	Fungal
AMP deaminase	Aspergillus melleus	Fungal
Arabinofuranosidase	Aspergillus niger	Fungal
Catalase	Aspergillus niger	Fungal
Cellulase	Aspergillus niger	Fungal
Cellulase	Penicillium funiculosum	Fungal
Cellulase	Trichoderma reesei	Fungal
Dextranase	Chaetomium erraticum	Fungal
Glucanase (endo-beta)	Aspergillus niger	Fungal
Glucanase (exo-beta)	Aspergillus niger	Fungal
Glucanase (exo-beta)	Trichoderma reesei	Fungal
Glucanase (beta)	Aspergillus niger	Fungal
Glucanase (beta)	Talaromyces emersonii	Fungal
Glucoamylase	Aspergillus niger	Fungal
Glucose oxidase	Aspergillus niger	Fungal
Isoamylase	Pseudomonas amyloderamosa	Bacterial
Lactase or galactosidase (beta)	Aspergillus niger	Fungal
Lipase triacylglycerol	Candida rugosa	Fungal
Lipase triacylglycerol	Rhizopus niveus	Fungal
Lipase triacylglycerol	Rhizopus oryzae	Fungal
Lysophospholipase	Aspergillus niger	Fungal
Alpha amylase	Microbacterium imperial	Bacterial
Pectinase	Aspergillus niger	Fungal
Phospholipase A	Streptomyces violaceoruber	Bacterial
Protease (exopeptidase)	Aspergillus melleus	Fungal
Protease	Aspergillus oryzae	Fungal
Protease (mucorpepsin)	Rhizomucor miehei	Fungal
Protein glutaminase	Chryseobacterium proteolyticum	Bacterial
Ribonuclease	Penicillium citrinum	Fungal
Tannase	Aspergillus oryzae	Fungal
Transglutaminase	Streptoverticillium mobaraense	Bacterial
Xylanase	Aspergillus niger	Fungal
Glucanase (beta)	Humicola insolens	Fungal
Xylanase	Humicola insolens	Fungal
Pullulanase	Pullulanibacillus spp	Bacterial
Pullulanase	Klebsiella planticola	Bacterial
Xylanase	Trichoderma reesei	Fungal