Patent ID: 6221423
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: A23J

Abstract:
A process for obtaining a non-bitter, acid-soluble protein hydrolysate material from a protein material, comprising:forming an aqueous slurry of a protein material at a pH at which said protein material is substantially insoluble;contacting an enzyme preparation having an endopeptidase activity of at least 2500 tyrosine units/g and an exopeptidase activity of at least 500 leucine aminopeptidase units/g with said protein in said slurry at a pH in which said protein material is substantially insoluble and at a temperature and for a period of time effective to hydrolyze said protein material into a peptide material containing peptides, where at least a majority of said peptides have a peptide chain length of 7 peptides or less, and where said peptide material is substantially soluble in said slurry.