Everyday Uses

• • Enzymes are often more useful than any non-biological alternatives in speeding up rates of reaction.
• WASHING POWDER

  • Enzymes present allow washing to be carried out at a lower temperature, sacking money (not heating water much).
• FERMENTATION / BREWING

  • Sugars found in fruits are fermented using enzyme, zymase from yeast. Turns sugar into ethanol (alcohol).
• BAKING

  • Sugars in dough are broken down by enzymes in yeast (zymase) producing ethanol (which is boiled off) and carbon dioxide that makes bread rise.