| Type of Protein |
Dairy - Whey proteins |
| Protein name |
Alpha-lactalbumin |
| Companies producing this protein |
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| Function (dairy alternative, colorant, texture, taste...) |
Dairy alternative (Piazenski et al., 2024)
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| Target application (cheese, infant formula, meat...) |
Infant formula, functional food supplments (Layman et al., 2018)
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| Purity requirement/purification values |
Has recently been purified at >93% (Layman et al., 2018)
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| Techno-functional properties |
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| Nutritional properties |
High in essential amino acids, important for infant nutrition (Layman et al., 2018)
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| Advantages |
Unique amino-acid composition makes it a potential protein to use in human health (for neurological functions, skeletal muscle growth) (Layman et al., 2018)
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| Challenges/risk factors |
Potential allergenicity (Hochwallner et al., 2010)
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