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Cereal bran proteins: recent advances in extraction, properties, and applications
Milad Hadidi1, Samuel Rodriguez Garcia1, Dimitrios Ziogkas1
1Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain.
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
|June 27, 2023
Summary
Cereal bran proteins (CBPs) are high-quality, versatile proteins with potential in food and pharmaceuticals. Research reviews their composition, extraction, properties, and challenges, highlighting their significant application potential.
Area of Science:
- Food Science
- Biochemistry
- Nutritional Science
Background:
- Global population growth necessitates increased protein intake, driving demand for alternative protein sources.
- Cereal bran proteins (CBPs) are abundant, high-quality proteins derived from cereal grain milling.
- CBPs offer potential applications in food and pharmaceutical industries due to their nutritional value.
Purpose of the Study:
- To summarize the molecular composition and nutritional value of CBPs.
- To review recent advances in CBP extraction and purification techniques.
- To discuss the functional properties and application challenges of CBPs in food products.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of molecular composition, nutritional value, and extraction/purification methods for CBPs.
- Analysis of functional properties including solubility, binding, emulsifying, foaming, gelling, and thermal characteristics.
- Evaluation of challenges and strategies for CBP application in food systems.
Main Results:
- CBPs possess diverse functional properties such as solubility, emulsification, and gelling.
- Extraction and purification methods have advanced, improving CBP accessibility and quality.
- Challenges include antinutritional factors, low digestibility, and allergenicity, with strategies for mitigation identified.
Conclusions:
- CBPs exhibit nutritional and functional properties comparable to other plant-based proteins.
- Overcoming challenges can enhance CBP utilization in food and pharmaceutical products.
- CBPs represent a promising ingredient for diverse industrial applications.
