Beano is an enzyme-based dietary supplement that is alleged by its manufacturer to reduce gas in the digestive tract, thereby preventing flatulence. It contains the enzyme alpha galactosidase (which the human digestive tract does not contain); this enzyme breaks down oligosaccharides such as raffinose. Ribbon diagram of the enzyme TIM, surrounded by the space-filling model of the protein. ... A prescribed dietary supplement is intended to supply nutrients (vitamins, minerals, fatty acids or amino acids) that are missing or not consumed in sufficient quantity in a persons diet. ... For the Physics term GUT, please refer to Grand unification theory The gastrointestinal or digestive tract, also referred to as the GI tract or the alimentary canal or the gut, is the system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with fart. ... A β-galactosidase is a type of hydrolase enzyme (EC 3. ... An oligosaccharide is a saccharide polymer containing a small number (typically three to six) of component sugars, also known as simple sugars. ... Raffinose is a complex carbohydrate, a trisaccharide composed of galactose, fructose and glucose. ...

Beano is a product containing an enzyme derived from the fungus Aspergillus niger. The enzyme works in the digestive tract to break down the complex or branching sugars (polysaccharides and oligosaccharides) in foods such as legumes (beans and peanuts) and cruciferous vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli and brussels sprouts). The enzyme breaks those complex sugars into simple sugars, making these foods somewhat more digestible, and the negative feelings that arise as a consequences of eating those foods are said to be less pronounced as a result. Binomial name Aspergillus niger P.E.L. van Tieghem Aspergillus niger is a fungus and one of the most common species of the genus Aspergillus. ... For the Physics term GUT, please refer to Grand unification theory The gastrointestinal or digestive tract, also referred to as the GI tract or the alimentary canal or the gut, is the system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and... Polysaccharides (sometimes called glycans) are relatively complex carbohydrates. ... The term “oligosaccharide” refers to a short chain of sugar molecules (“oligo” means “few” and “saccharide” means “sugar. ... Varieties of soybean seeds, a popular legume The term legume has two closely related meanings in botany, a situation encountered with many botanical common names of useful plants whereby an applied name can refer to either the plant itself, or to the edible fruit (or useful part). ... This article is on the plant. ... Peanuts was a syndicated daily comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950 to the day after Schulzs death, February 13, 2000. ... Possible uses of the adjective Cruciferous: Cruciferous plants of the family Brassicaceae. ... Vegetables on a market Vegetable is a nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary fruit, nut, herb, spice, or grain. ... Percentages are relative to US RDI values for adults. ... Broccoli is a plant of the Cabbage family, Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae). ... Cultivar Group Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group The Brussels sprout (Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group) is a cultivar group of cabbage cultivated for its small (typically 2. ... Polysaccharides (sometimes called glycans) are relatively complex carbohydrates. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

The polysaccarides and oligosaccharides found in these foods might otherwise pass through the small intestine unaffected. Once in the large intestine, those sugars may be worked on by intestinal flora, fermenting to produce the gasses that cause discomfort. Diagram showing the small intestine In biology the small intestine is the part of the gastrointestinal tract (gut) between the stomach and the large intestine. ... The large intestine, or colon is the last part of digestive system: the final stage of the alimentary canal in vertebrate animals. ... numerous beneficial bacterial microorganisms found in the lower intestine ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Anaerobic respiration. ...

Beano Homebrew

Simple sugars are also produced as a consequence of the malting process that eventually produces beer. The complex sugars are not broken down by the yeast, and are eventually consumed by the beer drinker, possibly causing flatulence. Homebrewers have found that it is possible to add Beano to their brew to produce a beer that causes less flatulence. The Beano breaks the complex sugars into simple sugars, and these simple sugars are consumed by the yeast, producing alcohol (or some acetic acid in the aerobic reactions in early fermentation). Malted barley Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate and then quickly dried before the plant develops. ... For other uses, see beer (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Homebrewing typically refers to the brewing of beer on a very small scale, as a hobby. ...

The addition of Beano to the brew reduces the complex sugar content of the final product, thereby reducing the carbohydrate content of the beer, and also slightly increasing the alcohol content of the beer. A disadvantage of the addition of Beano to homebrew is that the lower carbohydrates lead to less head retention of the beer, the loss of the sugars results in a less sweet flavour of the final product, and fewer of the malty flavours are conveyed since some of those flavours are from the complex sugars that are affected. Look up Sweet on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Sweet may refer to: the basic taste sensation of sweetness. ... This article is about flavor, the sensory impression. ... Malted barley Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate and then are quickly dried before the plant develops. ...

The addition of Beano to homebrew (at a rate of about four tablets per 5 gallon brew) gives a low flatulence, low carbohydrate beer (about half the carbohydrates that it would otherwise have), but also alters some of the flavours of the beer. The loss of flavour is less apparent the darker the beer is, and the higher the alcohol content of the beer (since the alcohol numbs the tastebuds somewhat). Consequently it is suggested that a dark ale or a stout would be the best candidates for the use of Beano with minimal effect on the final taste of the beer.

Caution

Homebrewers who add Beano to their beer fermentation should expect to see slightly lower final gravity readings than they are used to for a given recipe, so should wait until they get two identical hydrometer readings at 24 hours apart before deciding that the fermentation has finished. To not do so may increase the risk of exploding beer bottles. Original gravity (OG) usually refers to the density of wort, unfermented beer, usually expressed as a ratio to the density of water (thus for instance 1. ... A hydrometer is an instrument used for determining the specific gravity of liquids. ...

History

Beano was developed in 1990 by Alan Kligerman of AkPharma Inc. after research into gas-causing vegetables that had begun in 1981. This article is about the year. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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External links

• Beano web site.