Malting Flashcards
1
Q
Who was Jokichi Takamine?
A
Experimented in late 1800’s on Koji and potential uses for similar process to convert starches to sugars without malting.
Created something he called “Taka-Koji” which could shorten the conversion time from days to hours.
Was hired by the Whiskey Trust and based in Peoria to find ways to used Taka-Kori to shorten malting process - lab was burned down in “suspicious circumstances” and work was never completed.
Went on to invent Taka-diatase which was the Alka-Seltzer of the time and also patented adrenalie.
