Cyclodextrins produced by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase mask beany off-flavors in plant-based meat analogs

The widening gap between the supply and demand for meat products has increased the need to produce plant-based meat analogs as protein sources. Meat analogs are principally composed of soy-based textured vegetable proteins. Despite ongoing technical developments, one of the unresolved challenges for...

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Main Authors: Kiyota Sakai, Yukihide Sato, Masamichi Okada, Shotaro Yamaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9165781/?tool=EBI
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author Kiyota Sakai
Yukihide Sato
Masamichi Okada
Shotaro Yamaguchi
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Yukihide Sato
Masamichi Okada
Shotaro Yamaguchi
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description The widening gap between the supply and demand for meat products has increased the need to produce plant-based meat analogs as protein sources. Meat analogs are principally composed of soy-based textured vegetable proteins. Despite ongoing technical developments, one of the unresolved challenges for plant-based meat analogs is the off-flavor from soy, which limits their consumer acceptability. Among the various methods developed for overcoming this challenge, masking the beany flavors with cyclodextrins (CDs) is an attractive, cost-effective, and safe strategy. However, the current established CD treatment method does not meet the requirement for a clean-label. This study aimed to develop more acceptable off-flavor-masking technologies for plant-based patties for modern clean-label preferences using enzymatic methods. We used the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGT), “Amano,” as a commercially available food-grade CGT. The CGT-catalyzed reaction in plant-based patties yielded 17.1 g/L CD. As CGT could yield sufficient CD in the patties, we investigated whether CDs produced by CGT could mask the off-flavors released from the plant-based patties. The CGT-treated patties had significantly lower volatilization amounts of the known beany off-flavor-generating compounds compared to the non-treated patties. Moreover, CGT treatment improved the texture of the patties and increased their water- and oil-holding capacity. As CGT is rendered inactive after cooking, it would not be considered an additive. These findings indicated that CDs produced by the CGT reaction could effectively mask off-flavors of meat analogs and improve their physical properties while meeting clean-label requirements.
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spelling doaj.art-9b09bbea0de34ff382226df08a895c122022-12-22T00:31:06ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01176Cyclodextrins produced by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase mask beany off-flavors in plant-based meat analogsKiyota SakaiYukihide SatoMasamichi OkadaShotaro YamaguchiThe widening gap between the supply and demand for meat products has increased the need to produce plant-based meat analogs as protein sources. Meat analogs are principally composed of soy-based textured vegetable proteins. Despite ongoing technical developments, one of the unresolved challenges for plant-based meat analogs is the off-flavor from soy, which limits their consumer acceptability. Among the various methods developed for overcoming this challenge, masking the beany flavors with cyclodextrins (CDs) is an attractive, cost-effective, and safe strategy. However, the current established CD treatment method does not meet the requirement for a clean-label. This study aimed to develop more acceptable off-flavor-masking technologies for plant-based patties for modern clean-label preferences using enzymatic methods. We used the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGT), “Amano,” as a commercially available food-grade CGT. The CGT-catalyzed reaction in plant-based patties yielded 17.1 g/L CD. As CGT could yield sufficient CD in the patties, we investigated whether CDs produced by CGT could mask the off-flavors released from the plant-based patties. The CGT-treated patties had significantly lower volatilization amounts of the known beany off-flavor-generating compounds compared to the non-treated patties. Moreover, CGT treatment improved the texture of the patties and increased their water- and oil-holding capacity. As CGT is rendered inactive after cooking, it would not be considered an additive. These findings indicated that CDs produced by the CGT reaction could effectively mask off-flavors of meat analogs and improve their physical properties while meeting clean-label requirements.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9165781/?tool=EBI
spellingShingle Kiyota Sakai
Yukihide Sato
Masamichi Okada
Shotaro Yamaguchi
Cyclodextrins produced by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase mask beany off-flavors in plant-based meat analogs
PLoS ONE
title Cyclodextrins produced by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase mask beany off-flavors in plant-based meat analogs
title_full Cyclodextrins produced by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase mask beany off-flavors in plant-based meat analogs
title_fullStr Cyclodextrins produced by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase mask beany off-flavors in plant-based meat analogs
title_full_unstemmed Cyclodextrins produced by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase mask beany off-flavors in plant-based meat analogs
title_short Cyclodextrins produced by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase mask beany off-flavors in plant-based meat analogs
title_sort cyclodextrins produced by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase mask beany off flavors in plant based meat analogs
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9165781/?tool=EBI
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