OATCRAFT KNOW-HOW
Amylase for oat milk: choose Flow and plan your batch
Amylase is the starch-processing step in an enzyme-assisted oat milk recipe. OatCraft Flow gives home makers and small cafés one high-temperature alpha-amylase option, with starter bottles and larger refills.
What amylase does to oat starch
Alpha-amylase hydrolyses alpha-1,4 glycosidic bonds in accessible starch, producing shorter starch chains. This can change viscosity and pourability. The result depends on starch accessibility, concentration, activity, dose and processing conditions; other oat components also affect texture.
Why Flow belongs in the preparation stage
Flow is the high-temperature formulation in the home collection. Build the hot treatment stage around its supplied specification, then complete the specified finishing or inactivation step. Do not assume a home blending temperature or a fixed holding time suits every enzyme formulation.
Amylase and glucoamylase have different jobs
Flow liquefies accessible starch. Sweet, the separate glucoamylase product, develops glucose from accessible starch fragments. Begin with the oat base you want, then decide whether the separate sweetness step serves your recipe. Neither enzyme adds oat protein or guarantees barista foam.
Choose 30 mL, 100 mL or 500 mL
Choose a 30 mL starter for small process trials, a 100 mL refill for repeat home batches or a 500 mL refill for café preparation. Stock numbers are ST1104, ST1105 and ST1106 respectively. The product page shows current prices and pack availability; Shopify confirms destination-specific delivery and taxes.
Work out the ingredient cost
Multiply your measured trial dose in mL per litre by the pack price divided by pack volume. Add oat cost, then scale to your finished batch or cup. For example, the illustrative UK simple-base settings use 100 g oats per litre at £1.80/kg and 0.30 mL Flow per litre from a £16/30 mL bottle: 34p per litre, or 8.5p per 250 mL cup. These settings are an economic example, not a validated recipe.
Run a useful first comparison
Keep a control batch without enzyme, record oat concentration and final drink volume, and change one variable at a time. Measure additions in mL using a suitable measure, rather than assuming a drop volume. Follow the supplied process specification and compare pouring, filtration and taste after finishing.
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