Food or beverage product with agglomerated pea protein
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorsChristophe Joseph Etienne Schmitt, Luca Amagliani, Tessa Marianne van de Langerjt
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of producing a food or beverage product, in particular to a method for forming agglomerated pea proteins in an ingredient composition. The invention also relates food or beverage product comprising agglomerated pea proteins.
Claims15
A method of producing a food or beverage product, the method comprising;
- providing an aqueous ingredient composition comprising pea protein at a concentration of 1.0 to 6 wt. %;
- adding to the ingredient composition 4.0-20 mM of divalent cations available to complex the pea protein;
- and subsequently heat treating the ingredient composition at a pH of to 6.6-7.3 to form agglomerates comprising pea protein wherein the heat treatment is performed at a temperature of 80° C. to 125° C. for a period of 30 seconds to 20 minutes, or at a temperature of above 125° C. for 3-45 seconds.
A food or beverage product comprising calcium or magnesium and agglomerated pea protein, the agglomerated pea protein having a D[4,3] mean diameter as measured by laser diffraction of 2 to 50 microns and a particle size distribution span (Dv0.9−Dv0.1)/Dv0.5 of 0.1 to 10.
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