Egg White Hydrolysate Retains the Nutritional Value of Proteins and Is Quickly Absorbed in Rats

Table 1

Amino acid composition of protein or hydrolysate of milk whey or egg white (g/100 g).

	Milk whey		Egg white
	Protein	Hydrolysate	Protein	Hydrolysate
Ile	4.88	5.15	4.52	4.43
Leu	10.9	8.11	7.44	7.25
Lys	8.84	7.20	6.04	5.87
Met	1.87	1.53	3.41	3.29
Cys	2.42	1.76	2.48	2.44
Phe	3.22	2.41	5.17	5.05
Tyr	3.25	2.02	3.58	3.44
Thr	4.63	5.41	4.01	3.85
Trp	1.94	1.40	1.27	1.27
Val	4.72	4.59	5.99	5.83
His	2.05	1.50	2.04	1.97
Arg	2.58	1.82	5.05	4.91
Ala	4.37	3.88	5.21	5.09
Asp	9.98	8.21	9.15	8.80
Gul	14.6	13.2	11.6	11.4
Gly	1.80	1.37	3.13	3.04
Pro	4.24	4.69	3.30	3.18
Ser	4.15	3.88	5.88	5.74