Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Inhibiting chemical or physical change of food by contact... – Animal flesh – citrus fruit – bean or cereal seed material
Patent
1990-05-30
1991-05-07
Corbin, Arthur L.
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Inhibiting chemical or physical change of food by contact...
Animal flesh, citrus fruit, bean or cereal seed material
426643, 426652, A23L 1325
Patent
active
050135686
ABSTRACT:
A large number of fish species exhibit protease activity and are therefore unacceptable for preparing processed fish products such as surimi. The present invention is directed to a composition containing alpha-2-macroglobulin for inhibiting protease activity contained in the fish material during the preparation of a processed fish product. Thus, the invention provides suitable protease inhibitors to treat a number of fish species which were previously unsuitable for preparing processed fish products such as surimi.
The present invention also relates to a method of preparing a processed fish product comprising contacting the fish material with alpha-2-macroglobulin in an amount sufficient to neutralize or inhibit the protease contained in the fish material.
In addition, the present invention is directed to a fish product prepared using the composition of this invention and to a fish product prepared according to the method of this invention.
REFERENCES:
Boye et al., J. Food Sci., 53(5):1340-1342, 1988.
Lee et al., J. Food Sci, 54(5):1116-1124, 1989.
Aitken Brian L.
Lorier Michel A.
Corbin Arthur L.
Life Technologies Inc.
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