β-mannanases can degrade galactomannans to mannose and it has been used in various application areas. The aim of this study was to produce the β-mannanase from carob pod extract including different nitrogen sources. The best operation values for fermentation were determined to be 8% initial sugar concentration with 0.5% yeast extract, 100 r.p.m., and 7% inoculation rate, which yielded the maximum β-mannanase activity as 423.60 U ml -1 . Effects of nitrogen sources on β-mannanase activity were also studied and it reached 695.6 U ml -1 by using 0.5% of ammonium nitrate as the nitrogen source at the determined optimum conditions. Results also showed that meat bone meal and soybean meal could be used as cost effective nitrogen sources based on achieved β-mannanase activity.Keywords: β-mannanase, recombinant Aspergillus sojae, carbon sources, nitrogen sourcesMicrobial mannanase has gained signifi cant attention, since it degrades the complex polysaccharides of plant tissues into simple small molecules such as manno-oligosaccharides and mannose. For example, the increased availability and high specifi city of β-mannanases have been used for numerous applications, such as production of manno-oligosaccharides, pharmaceutical applications, instant coffee production, animal feeds, paper and pulp production, detergent formulations etc. ( VAN ZYL et al., 2010;LU et al., 2014). β-Mannanase could be generally produced by various Aspergillus species ( VAN ZYL et al., 2010) and the activity of the produced enzymes can differ from species to species. Also, other microorganisms have been evaluated for β-mannanase productions. CHEN and coworkers (2007) expressed Aspergillus sulphures β-mannanase gene in Pichia pastoris and the specifi c activity was found to be 366 U ml -1 in locust bean gum. OZTURK and co-workers (2010) used recombinant Aspergillus sojae ATCC11906 (AsT1) for β-mannanase production from molasses and found the highest activity value as 363 U ml -1. WANG and co-workers (2010) have found that Pantoea agglomerans A021 could produce β-mannanase from konjac powder and the maximum activity of purifi ed Man26P was 514 U mg -1. WU and co-workers (2011) used Aspergillus niger E-30 to produce the β-mannanase from peeled potato and the maximum β-mannanase activity value was 1067.5 U mg -1 by purifi ed enzyme solution