COCOA ALBUMIN AND ITS USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE FLAVOUR

摘要

A novel 2S cocoa albumin was isolated, purified and identified from cocoa beans. Enymatic hydrolysis of the protein generated a pool of flavour precursors, peptides and amin o acids that resultd in formation fo cocoa flavour upon heating with sugars. The DNA encoding a precursor cocoa 2S protein was isoltated from immature Theobroma cocoa seeds.