High-Moisture Extrusion of a Dietary Protein Blend Impairs In Vitro Digestion and Delays In Vivo Postprandial Plasma Amino Acid Availability in Humans.
Sam WestAlistair J MonteyneGráinne WhelehanDoaa R AbdelrahmanAndrew J MurtonTim Ja FinniganGiuseppina MandalariCatherine BoothPeter J WildeFrancis B StephensBenjamin T WallPublished in: The Journal of nutrition (2024)
These data demonstrate that HME delays in vivo plasma amino acid availability following ingestion of a mycoprotein/pea protein blend. This is likely due to impaired gastric phase digestion as a result of HME-induced aggregate formation in the pea protein. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT05584358.