Patent ID: 9605040
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A23J,A23L,A23V,A61K,A61P,C07K

Claim:
1. A method of maintaining or increasing at least one of muscle mass, muscle strength, or muscle functional performance in a subject, or reducing lean tissue loss in a subject, or achieving a desirable body mass index in a subject, the method comprising providing to the subject a sufficient amount of a nutritive protein comprising a polypeptide comprising a polypeptide sequence, wherein the polypeptide sequence comprises: a. a ratio of branch chain amino acid residues to total amino acid residues of at least 24%; b. a ratio of Leu residues to total amino acid residues of at least 11%; and c. a ratio of essential amino acid residues to total amino acid residues of at least 49%, wherein the polypeptide sequence comprises: a. at least 95% homology to at least 50 amino acids of naturally occurring nutritive protein, and b. less than 50% global homology to a known allergen wherein the isolated nutritive protein has an aqueous solubility at pH 7 of at least 12.5 g/L, and wherein the isolated nutritive protein is present in the composition in an amount of at least about 1 gram.