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Title Development and application of criteria for classification of hydrolysed proteins in the framework of feed safety
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Authors van Raamsdonk, LWD; Genouel, C; Weiner, A; Prins, TW; Jardy, N; Vonsovic, S; Barbu, IM; Bescond, M; Paprocka, I; Kwiatek, K
Title Development and application of criteria for classification of hydrolysed proteins in the framework of feed safety
Year 2022
Published Food Additives And Contaminants Part A-Chemistry Analysis Control Exposure & Risk Assessment, 39, 10
DOI 10.1080/19440049.2022.2102214
Abstract In the view of a circular economy, there is an increasing need for (re-)using animal by-products that have a wide range of applications and sufficient safety. Hydrolysates of animal proteins (HPs) are frequently used as feed ingredients. Nevertheless, clear criteria for legal use and methods for monitoring feed applications are not available. Here, a range of methods have been used and evaluated for characterizing a set of 26 samples of hydrolysed proteins, 'hydrolysed' feather meals and processed animal proteins (PAPs), with verification based on an additional set of eight samples. Methods included determination of ash content, sediment (mineral fraction) content, protein content, species identity, solubility, protein solubility, size exclusion chromatography and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). After a comparison of results obtained with water and SDS, water was chosen as the solvent for environmental and occupational reasons. Typical HP samples have a protein content higher than 60%, a solubility exceeding 50% and a virtual absence of a mineral fraction. The first discrimination between HPs and PAPs could be based on the absence or presence, respectively, of a mineral fraction. An approach for HP characterization is designed using a Hydrolysation Index (HI) based on the fraction of peptides smaller than 10 kDa, the solubility of the sample and the fraction of soluble proteins. A simplified version (HIs), exclusively based on the fraction of peptides smaller than 10 kDa and the solubility of the sample, shows a trend among the samples highly comparable to HI. Values for HI and HIs exceeding 60% would characterise HPs. Feather meals, which are heat treated instead of treatment by a chemical process of hydrolysation, range among the PAPs and should not be indicated as "hydrolysed." The HIs can be used as an easy parameter for classifying HPs and for legal enforcement.
Author Keywords Animal protein hydrolysates; processed animal proteins; animal feed; hydrolysation index
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000843602900001
WoS Category Chemistry, Applied; Food Science & Technology; Toxicology
Research Area Chemistry; Food Science & Technology; Toxicology
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