In de tweede helft van de 20ste eeuw is het gebruik van enzymen bij voedselbewerking sterk toegenomen (gebakken voedsel, wijnen en sappen, bier, zuivelproducten, stijfsel en suiker).
The second half of the 20th century has seen a significant growth in the use of enzymes in food processing (like baked goods, wine and juices, brewing, dairy products, starch and sugar) and increasing sophistication in the methods of processing and preparing food will demand an ever wider-range of enzymes.