Team:Rheda Bielefeld/Human Practices

Asking the fruit juice industry

We communicated with the executive secretary of the German association for the fruit juice industry („Verband der deutschen Fruchtsaft-Industrie“), Klaus Heitlinger.
He told us that the fruit juice industry uses pectinase for clearing the juice, which is an important step for clear apple juice. If our E. coli could produce the pectinases, it could be used in the fruit juice industry because the amount of pectinase the industry need is „quantum satis“(limit l ess).
I f there is a chance for the fruit juice industry to use the E. coli it needs to be approved for the food production by the European Union that tests the E.coli if it is detrimental to ones health and if it can be used by the for industry.
So this could be another way to use our E. coli and to research in the future.