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US 2011/0086134 A1Published application
Enzymatic Process
OwnerTarun Bhowmik, Stefka Ivanova Myaka +2inventors
InventorsTarun Bhowmik, Stefka Ivanova Myaka, Johan Peter Van Leersum, Roy Wade Smith
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Abstract
Provided is an enzymatic process that hydrolyzes spinach plant material to form a salt-enhancing ingredient, the formed salt-enhancing ingredient, food products comprising said salt-enhancing ingredient and a method of enhancing the salty taste of food products.
Claims17
A process of forming a salt-enhancing ingredient comprising the steps of
- (i) forming an aqueous slurry of spinach plant material, and
- (ii) forming a hydrolysate of spinach plant material by subjecting it to an enzymatic hydrolysis using one or more proteolytic enzymes.
The salt-enhancing ingredient according to 1 claim 9 which is concentrated at least 1.5 times by removing water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.