Research Article

Protease Catalyzed Production of Spent Hen Meat Hydrolysate Powder for Health Food Applications

Table 3

Amino acid composition (g/100 g protein) of spent hen meat and spray dried spent hen meat hydrolysate powder.

Amino acidSpent hen meatSD-SHMH powderFAO/WHO (2002)EA score (spent hen meat)EA score (spray dried hydrolysate powder)

Nonessential
Alanine5.414.12
Arginine5.376.96
Aspartic acid7.155.78
Cystine1.190.14
Glutamic acid13.8111.89
Glycine3.513.44
Proline2.332.02
Serine3.192.06
Tyrosine2.942.77
Essential
Histidine3.673.591.52.452.39
Isoleucine7.947.8132.652.60
Leucine7.566.645.91.281.13
Lysine7.557.154.51.681.59
Methionine8.256.192.23.752.81
Phenylalanine3.353.2231.121.07
Threonine4.156.562.31.802.85
Tryptophan9.3211.290.615.5318.15
Valine5.415.273.91.391.35

Reference FAO/WHO (2002) pattern (essential amino acid for adults), methionine + cysteine, phenylalanine + tyrosine, and EA: essential amino acid.