pretease in crackers??

[lift24]

I was just reading the ingredients in these Safeway whole wheat crackers and one of the last ingredients is protease - one of the enzymes that breaks down protein into amino acids in out gut, but why would a company put that in their crackers??? Just wondering if anyone had a clue. I usually eat these with my tuna fish instead of bread.

[dscarth]

http://books.google.com/books?id=W4o7lUKSxyQC&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq=yeast+protease+cracker&source=web&ots=SJ-NY3l12u&sig=es3MPt3hzl5eCuQLxQur1HnEt_Q&hl=en#PPA247,M1

"APPLICATION OF FERMENTED FLOUR TO OPTIMISE[sic] PRODUCTION OF PREMIUM CRACKERS AND BREAD"

Yep.

[lift24]

That's sweet! How do you find this stuff? Thanks for the reply...now I know.