Soy protein and human nutrition
Subtitle: proceedings of the Keystone Conference on Soy Protein and Human Nutrition, held in Keystone, Colorado, May 22-25, 1978
By: edited by Harold L. Wilcke, Daniel T. Hopkins, Doyle H. Waggle.
Contributors: Wilcke, Harold Ludwig, 1906-; Waggle, Doyle H.; Hopkins, Daniel T.
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
Subjects: Proteins in human nutrition -- Congresses; Soyfoods -- Congresses
Description: Abstract: New technologies have made it possible to produce soybean flours, concentrates, and isolates with diverse functional properties that fill many needs in food systems. Results, reported from nutritional experiments where soy proteins, particularly the isolates, were fed to infants, growing children, and young adults, demonstrate that the soybean is a nutritionally adequate protein. Better methods of protein evaluation for humans are suggested. Types of soybean protein products available are defined based on their protein content and general methods of preparation. Meetings have proveded better understanding and agreement among nations on the philosophies of regulatory practices toensure full information for the consumer and the food industry. The concept of functionality must be broadened to include the nutritional and physiological function of the proteins and the final food product. Research programs on the proper place of plant protein in the human diet are discussed.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.