Patent ID: 8822412
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A23J,A23L,A23V,A61K,A61P,C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of maintaining or increasing muscle mass and/or muscle strength in a mammalian subject, the method comprising providing to the mammalian subject a sufficient amount of a nutritive composition comprising a nutritive protein comprising a first polypeptide sequence, wherein the nutritive protein comprises the following properties: an aqueous solubility of at least 50 g/L at pH 7, a simulated gastric digestion half-life of less than 10 minutes, and wherein the first polypeptide sequence comprises a ratio of Leu residues to total amino acid residues of at least 6%, a ratio of essential amino acid residues to total amino acid residues of at least 34%, a ratio of branch chain amino acid residues to total amino acid residues of at least 18%, and 0, 1, 2, or 3 cysteine residues.