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US 12,721,363 B2Granted
Pea protein isolate composition and process for production thereof
AssigneeLouis Dreyfus Company Plant Proteins LLC
InventorsManoj Kumar, Prasanth Kumar Sasidharan Pillai
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides processes for producing reduced sodium pea protein isolate (PPI), reduced sodium PPI produced by the processes and use of reduced sodium PPI. The processes for producing reduced sodium PPI comprise precipitating protein from a pea protein solution to produce a PPI and neutralizing the PPI with NaOH and Mg(OH)2, thereby producing a reduced sodium PPI.
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A process for making reduced sodium pea protein isolate consisting of:
- a. extracting pea protein from a pea plant source in an aqueous solution to produce a pea protein solution;
- b. separating the protein solution from the remaining pea plant solids,
- c. precipitating protein from a pea protein solution at a pH of 3.5 to 5.5 to produce an acidic pea protein isolate (PPI);
- d. washing the PPI,
- e. neutralizing the acidic PPI by:
- (i) adding NaOH to raise the pH to 6.0-6.2;
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- (ii) adding Mg(OH)2 to raise the pH to 7.0;
- f. homogenizing the PPI,
- g. sterilizing or pasteurizing the PPI, and . drying the PPI,
- thereby providing a PPI with reduced sodium.
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