EFFECT OF HEAT PROCESSING ON AMINO ACIDS, TOTAL SOLUBLES AND DIGESTIBILITY OF PEANUT PROTEIN

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Food Technology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

2 Faculty of Agriculture, Biochemistry Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

Peanut seeds were roasted by oven at 170°C for 20 minutes, and microwave at 500 watt for 5 and 7 minutes. Protein digestibility, amino acid contents and soluble protein were determined. The results showed that thermal processing caused changes in peanut protein and lead to the improvement protein digestibility and its nutritive value.