Focus on the Protein Fraction of Sports Nutrition Supplements.

ABSTRACT: Increasing awareness of balanced diet benefits is boosting the demand for high-protein food and beverages. Sports supplements are often preferred over traditional protein sources to meet the appropriate dietary intake since they are widely available on the market as stable ready-to-eat products. However, the protein components may vary depending on both sources and processing conditions. The protein fraction of five commercial sports supplements was characterized and compared with that of typical industrial ingredients, i.e., whey protein concentrates and isolates and whey powder. The capillary electrophoresis profiles and the amino acid patterns indicated that, in some cases, the protein was extensively glycosylated and the supplemented amino acids did not correspond to those declared on

SUBMITTER: Pellegrino L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9182466 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature