The invention provides a complex
enzyme preparation for extracting a maize yellow
pigment and an extraction method. The complex
enzyme preparation comprises the following components in percentage by
mass: 1 to 5% of
cellulase, 5 to 10% of beta-mannase, 2 to 8% of
xylanase, 10 to 20% of
protease, 2 to 8% of
lipase, 10 to 20% of alpha-
amylase, 5 to 10% of glucoamylase, 1 to 5% of
pectinase, 1 to 5%of glucosaccharase and the balance of water. The complex
enzyme preparation for extracting the maize yellow
pigment and the extraction method are simple in process and convenient to operate; enzymolysis preprocessing is carried out on
corn gluten meal by adopting a biological
enzyme method,
macromolecular substances such as polysaccharides, proteins, pectins and the like which are connected with the maize yellow
pigment are degraded, simultaneously, network structures of the proteins are hydrolyzed so as to improve freeness of the maize yellow pigment and make the maize yellow pigment easier to extract, and moreover, after enzymolysis
processing, the maize yellow pigment and zein are separated by adopting two
ethanol solutions with different concentration so as to obtain the high-purity maize yellow pigment; and an extraction rate of the maize yellow pigment can be up to 7.39%.