USE OF TRYPTOPHAN-RICH PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE

• Main Authors: DAMIET JOSEPHINA PETRONELLA CUNERA KOENDERS, LEIGH GIBSON, KATHLEEN SIMONS, NICOLLE GOETZ, JONAS WITTWER SCHEGG, HASAN MOHAJERI, CHRISTINA KALARICKAL, SIMONE KOENIG-GRILLO, MARJA KANNING, REGINA GORALCZYK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 18.05.2017
• 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; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tryptophan (Trp)-rich peptide as a food additive or nutritional supplement by a consumer in order to enhance the consumer's feeling of high energy and to promote various cognitive functions, particularly faster reaction time and sustained attention.SOLUTION: There is provided a single dose composition, which is a beverage, a gel or a sorbet, which imparts a feeling in a healthy adult consumer selected from: a) increased energy; b) an increase in certain cognitive functions, especially sustained attention and faster reaction time, and information processing; or c) increased quality of sleep; and d) an increased feeling of happiness where the composition comprises: i) a hen egg lysozyme hydrolysate having a tryptophan to large neutral amino acid ratio ("Trp/LNAA") of greater than 0.15 (hereinafter "Trp-containing protein hydrolysate"), ii) a sweetening agent, iii) a flavoring agent, and iv) an optional extra nutritional ingredient, and the amount of the Trp-containing protein hydrolysate per dosage is 400-600 mg.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】消費者の活力感を強化し、様々な認知機能、特に、より速い反応時間および持続的注意を高めるための、消費者による、食品添加物または栄養補給食品としてのトリプトファン（Ｔｒｐ）に富んだペプチドの提供。【解決手段】ａ）向上した活力、ｂ）特定の認知機能、特に、持続的注意およびより速い反応時間、および情報処理の向上；またはｃ）向上した睡眠の質；およびｄ）向上した幸福感から選択される感覚を健常な成人消費者に与える、飲料、ジェル、またはソルベである単回投与組成物であって、ｉ）０．１５を超えるトリプトファン対大型中性アミノ酸比（「Ｔｒｐ／ＬＮＡＡ」）を有するニワトリ卵白リゾチーム加水分解物（「Ｔｒｐ含有タンパク質加水分解物」）と、ｉｉ）甘味料と、ｉｉｉ）着香料と、ｉｖ）任意選択の追加の栄養成分と、を含み、投与量当たりのＴｒｐ含有タンパク質加水分解物の量が４００〜６００ｍｇである、組成物。【選択図】図１