BIOPROCESSING OF PROTEIN WITH PROBIOTIC BACTERIA TO IMPROVE AMINO ACID AND PEPTIDE AVAILABILITY

• Main Authors: MARTTINEN, Maija Emilia, LAITILA, Arja, ANJUM, Mehreen, SAARINEN, Markku, NURMINEN, Päivi, LEHTINEN, Markus
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 22.06.2022
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

This invention relates to the use of bacterial strains for breaking down protein and increasing amino acid and peptide availability, wherein said bacterial strains are of the species Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis, Lacticaseibacillus paracasei, Lactococcus lactis, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and/or Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus or a mixture thereof.