Glanbia Nutritionals (ireland) Limited

Loren Spencer Ward

Stanley A Wrobel

Brent L Petersen

Eric Douglas Bastian

Kevin Thomson

Starla Joyce Paulsen

Niels J Palmer

Jerry O'Dea

Jessica A Marshall

Anita Lind Vincent

Bonney Oommen

Byron M Toledo

Stanley Wroby

Disclosed is a simplified method for producing a protein hydrolysate, the method having the advantages of decreasing costs associated with energy, materials, and space as compared to that of conventional methods. A protein hydrolysate/enzyme composition is also disclosed.

Protein hydrolysate and method for making a protein hydrolysate

Disclosed is a method for removing endotoxin from proteins. Also disclosed are products made by using the method. The method may be used, for example, to produce endotoxin-free lactoferrin. Bovine milk-derived lactoferrin may be produced in commercial quantities by the method, and endotoxin-free bovine lactoferrin may be used for a variety of therapeutic uses, including improving wound healing.

Method for removing endotoxin from proteins

Disclosed are compositions comprising isolated peptides having a leucine content of from about 12 to about 40 weight percent. Also disclosed is a method for isolating leucine-rich peptides from protein sources such as bovine whey and methods of use for these peptides to provide beneficial effects in a human and/or animal such as increasing blood flow, decreasing blood pressure, increasing muscle mass, improving cognitive function, improving cardiovascular function, etc.

Leucine-rich peptide compositions and methods for isolation

Removing endotoxin from proteins

Embodiments of the invention relate to whey protein compositions that can be incorporated into food or beverage products that provide supplemental amounts of protein. The acidified whey protein compositions of the present invention may comprise a liquid whey protein and an acidulant. The liquid whey protein and the acidulant may be blended, and the resulting composition may then be co-dried. The acidulant may be present in an amount effective for reducing the pH of the composition prior to drying to a value less than about 6. Embodiments of the present invention also include methods of preparing co-dried acidified whey protein compositions exhibiting improved organoleptic characteristics.

Acidified whey protein compositions and methods for making them

A nutritional supplement composition having therapeutically effective amounts of milk minerals including calcium, a protein source including &#x3ba;-casein fragment 106-169, and enzyme-inhibiting peptides is provided for the treatment of body weight conditions. The nutritional supplement composition is administered in amounts effective for limiting weight gain and/or enhancing weight loss, as well as promoting overall good health, in the treatment of body weight conditions, including overweight and obesity.

Compositions and methods for treatment of body weight conditions

The present invention relates to whey protein compositions that can be incorporated into solid foodstuffs and liquid compositions to provide supplemental amounts of protein. The foodstuffs and liquid compositions are stable when subject to conditions of heat and/or time and can include increased amounts of whey proteins. Methods of making the compositions include providing a protein solution including an enzyme for providing a predetermined degree of hydrolysis of the protein solution, maintaining the temperature and pH of the solution to hydrolyze the protein solution and providing an essentially neutral whey protein hydrolysate, and separating the protein solution using a membrane filtration process to obtain a retentate of whey protein hydrolysate having an essentially neutral pH.

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Twin Falls, ID, United States of America

Loren Spencer Ward