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US 2021/0386089 A1Published application
Use of proteolytic enzymes to enhance protein bioavailability
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsJustin SIEGEL, Wai Shun MAK, John Bruce GERMAN
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides food supplements comprising proteases that can digest a variety of food proteins to enhance their protein bioavailability in the gut.
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A method of improving digestion of proteins in a food product, the method comprising:
- ingesting with the food product, a food supplement comprising one or more proteases having an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 16,
- wherein the food product comprises a protein selected from the group consisting of a legume source protein, an animal source protein, a vegetable protein, a nut protein, a seed protein, a kamut protein, a buckwheat protein, a barley protein, a chlorella protein, a hemp protein powder protein, a rye berry protein, an amaranth protein, and a spirulina protein, and
- wherein ingesting the food supplement with the food product improves the digestion of the protein in the food product.
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A method of improving the digestion of proteins in a food product, the method comprising:
- ingesting with the food product, a food supplement comprising one or more proteases having an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 16,
- wherein the food product comprises a protein selected from the group consisting of a pea protein, a chickpea protein, a soy protein, a sunflower protein, a mung bean protein, an almond protein, and a fava bean protein, and
- wherein ingesting the food supplement with the food product improves the digestion of the protein in the food product.
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A food product for use in improvement of digestion comprising:
- one or more proteases having an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 16;
- and
- a protein selected from the group consisting of a pea protein, a chickpea protein, a soy protein, a sunflower protein, a mung bean protein, an almond protein, and a fava bean protein.
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