The present invention provides a process for producing an aglucone isoflavone enriched vegetable flour or grit from a vegetable material containing isoflavone glucosides. A vegetable material containing isoflavone glucosides is slurried in water and the isoflavone glucosides are contacted with an enzyme effective to convert isoflavone glucosides to aglucone isoflavones. A vegetable flour or grit containing the aglucone isoflavones is recovered from the slurry.
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/516,594 filed on Aug. 10, 1998 now abandoned which is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 08/904,508 filed Aug. 1, 1997, now abandoned, which was an original application claiming priority from Provisional Application No. 60/023,951, filed Aug. 9, 1996.
