NUTRALYS® Pea protein is a vegetable protein and thus its taste has a vegetable note, similar to that of soya. It combines very well with salty products and also can be used in sweet products using the appropriate flavor.
Roquette has developed its own process that eliminates most saponine molecules, which are partly responsible for the taste of bitterness in peas. As a result, opportunities in meeting the needs of each type of product formulation become viable, offering better solutions than other pea proteins currently on the market.
Like all proteins, NUTRALYS® Pea protein has a caloric value of 4 Kcal/g (394 Kcal/100g on commercial product).
The amino acid profile of pea protein is well balanced and fulfills the requirements defined by the FAO in 1985 for adults. It is a typical legume protein profile: high in lysine, and low in sulphured amino-acids (methionine + cysteine).
This makes pea a very good candidate for complementation with cereals such as wheat, which are low in lysine and high in sulphured amino-acid (methionine + cysteine).
To evaluate protein quality, we need to look at digestibility and the amino acid profile. Vegetable products often have low digestibility because they are measured as whole vegetables containing anti-nutritional factors.
The digestibility of NUTRALYS® Pea protein is very high (98% measured on piglets). NUTRALYS® Pea protein is a very highly purified ingredient with low anti-nutritional factors thanks to variety selection and process phases. NUTRALYS® Pea protein does not contain complex sugars, which occasionally cause digestive discomfort.
The digestibility of NUTRALYS® is higher than that of whole pea (90%). Therefore its digestibility is comparable to competing animal protein ingredients.
NUTRALYS® Pea protein is not organic, but it is organic compatible, that is to say, in Europe it can be incorporated in the 5% non-organic ingredient authorised in organic products. For the USA, the authorized percentage depends on the final labeling of the product.
There is no legal definition for isolate extracted from pea.
NUTRALYS® pea protein is a highly purified protein ingredient. We recommend that our customers mention pea protein on their product labels.
It is 85% protein on average and can be considered as a pea isolate (soya protein extraction leads to 90% protein isolate, pea protein to 85%).
NUTRALYS® pea protein is an ingredient to be designated as "pea protein" or "vegetable protein".
The price level is 2 to 4 times lower than that of milk proteins ingredients: whey isolates / concentrates or caseinates.
NUTRALYS® is a protein alternative for food producers who want:
NUTRALYS® can be found in meat and surimi products, snacks & cereals, nutrition bars, gluten-free foods, vegetarian foods, sport and slimming foods, soups and sauces, pasta and biscuits. It is increasingly used as a dairy protein substitute.
NUTRALYS® can be used as:
NUTRALYS® is the vegetable protein, extracted from dry pea (Pisum Sativum) by Roquette in our Vic sur Aisne plant (located in Northern Paris). The extraction is carried out by using water, without chemical solvent.
NUTRALYS® is the vegetable protein, extracted from dry pea (Pisum Sativum) by Roquette in our Vic sur Aisne plant (located in Northern Paris). The extraction is carried out by using water, without chemical solvent.
NUTRALYS® can be used as: