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Egg white peptide

Degrading egg white protein with enzymes results in egg white peptides in which multiple amino acids are linked. In addition to the superior nutritional value of egg white protein itself, egg white peptides display many properties not seen in either amino acids or proteins. Testing in animals has confirmed that egg white peptides act to inhibit increased cholesterol in the blood. It has also been confirmed that egg white peptides have antioxidation action in food products and living things.

Characteristics and function of egg white peptides

Turning egg white into peptides increases the efficiency of digestibility and absorption in the intestinal tract.

Nutritional properties

• 1. High protein, low fat
• 2. A protein that is superior in everything from digestion through absorption to use in the body
• 3. Contains an abundance of branched-chain and sulfur-containing amino acids

Physiological functions

• 1. Reported to be efficacious in reducing LDL cholesterol and increasing HDL cholesterol
• 2. Reported to reduce liver fat and liver cholesterol
• 3. Confirmed to inhibit oxidation in the body

Anti-oxidant function

Inhibits food oxidation

Nutritional properties of egg white peptide(Product name: EGG WHITE PEPTIDES EP-1)

Amino acid composition of egg white peptide

We compared the amino acid composition of EGG WHITE PEPTIDES EP-1 (manufactured by Kewpie), egg white protein, dairy protein, and soy protein.

Amino acid composition and amino acid scores

Amino acids（The words written in orange is Essential amino acid.）	Amino acidScoring pattern	Amino acid composition
		EGG WHITE PEPTIDES EP-1	Egg White	Milk protein	Soybean protein
Valine　※1	220	466	460	410	300
Leucine　※1	410	560	560	620	470
Isoleucine　※1	180	343	350	340	290
Methionine　※1	160	232	250	170	90
Cyctine　※2		174	200	57	99
Lysine	360	445	430	520	390
Phenylalanine	390	401	380	300	330
Tyrosine		276	250	240	210
Threonine	210	287	280	260	230
Tryptophan	70	93	98	83	79
Histidine	120	162	160	180	170
Amino acid score	-	100	100	100	100

mg/g Nitorogen Revised Tables of Amino Acid Composition of Foods by Resource Survey Association and Resource Survey Center, Japan Science and Technology Agency：1986 *1 branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) *2 sulfur-containing amino acid

EGG WHITE PEPTIDES EP-1 has a good amino acid balance and is rich in branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) and sulfur-containing amino acids.