Method for producing a pea extract

Pea extract comprising fibres that can be obtained by means of a process comprising the following steps:

• (a) bringing shelled peas into contact with an aqueous solution in order to form an aqueous composition comprising peas;
• (b) leaving the peas to hydrate in said aqueous composition for at least one hour and at most 15 hours;
• (c) grinding said peas in order to as a result obtain ground peas;
• and
• (d) fractionating said ground peas in order to obtain at least one pea extract comprising fibers;
• characterized in that step (a) precedes step (b), which itself precedes step (c), which itself precedes step (d), said pea extract being characterized by
• a fibres/starch weight ratio of at least 30/70 and of at most 85/15;
• an amount of fibres of at least 35% and of at most 80% by weight on the basis of the solids, assayed by the AOAC-985.29 method;
• a solids content of at least 80% and of at most 95% on the basis of the total weight of the extract;
• and
• a protein content of less than 5% on the basis of the solids, measured according to AFNOR ISO/TS 16634-2:2009 method;
• and
• a water retention of at least 9 g of water/g of solids and of at most 19 g of water/g of solids.