AN AGLUCONE ISOFLAVONE ENRICHED VEGETABLE PROTEIN CONCENTRATE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING

摘要

Aglucone isoflavone enriched protein concentrates and processes for producing and recovering are disclosed. The process comprises an isoelectric wash of a vegetable protein material to provide a protein concentrate, which is slurried and reacted with a sufficient amount of beta-glucosidase enzyme or esterase enzyme for a time period, temperature, and pH sufficient to convert at least a majority of the glucone isoflavones contained in the concentrate to aglucone isoflavones.