Protein hydrolysis
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsSteven Soon-Young Kwon, Dharam Vir Vadehra
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Abstract
A slurry of enzymatically hydrolyzed protein containing polypeptides is incubated with a culture of a food-grade microorganism, particularly Lactobacillus helveticus, which produces peptidases to hydrolyze the polypeptides in the slurry.
Claims24
A process for treating enzymatically hydrolyzed protein comprising mixing a Lactobacillus helveticus culture with a slurry of enzymatically hydrolyzed protein containing polypeptides, wherein the hydrolyzed protein is a hydrolysate selected from the group consisting of hydrolyzed plant protein, hydrolyzed meat protein and hydrolyzed fish protein, and incubating the mixture at a temperature of from 45° C. to 60° C. to obtain an incubated mixture containing debittered hydrolysate.
A process for treating a cheese comprising enzymatically hydrolyzing a cheese thereby obtaining a hydrolysate including polypeptides, mixing a Lactobacillus helveticus culture with a slurry of the hydrolysate and incubating the mixture at a temperature of from 45° C. to 60° C. to obtain an incubated mixture containing debittered hydrolysate.
A process for treating casein comprising enzymatically hydrolyzing casein to obtain a hydrolysate from the casein including polypeptides, mixing a Lactobacillus helveticus culture with a slurry of the hydrolysate and incubating the mixture at a temperature of from 45° C. to 60° C. to obtain an incubated mixture containing debittered hydrolysate.
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