Abstract: The present invention provides protein hydrolysate compositions, processes for making protein hydrolysate compositions, and food products comprising protein hydrolysate compositions. The protein hydrolysate compositions generally comprise polypeptide fragments having primarily either an arginine residue or a lysine residue at each carboxyl terminus.

Abstract: Blended soy protein products with improved whiteness, altered viscosity and altered gel-strength, are described. Use of such products in food, beverage and animal feed are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides protein hydrolysate compositions, processes for making protein hydrolysate compositions, and food products comprising protein hydrolysate compositions. The protein hydrolysate compositions generally comprise a mixture of polypeptides enriched in a 47 kDa fragment, wherein between about 10% and about 66% of the polypeptides are the 47 kDa fragment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a protein hydrolysate. The invention further relates to a protein hydrolysate produced using the method, and to food products comprising such protein hydrolysate.

Abstract: The present invention provides protein hydrolysate compositions, processes for making protein hydrolysate compositions, and food products comprising protein hydrolysate compositions. The protein hydrolysate compositions generally comprise a mixture of oligopeptides having an average molecular size of less than about 10,000 Daltons, wherein at least about 60% of the oligopeptides are soluble at a pH of less than about 7.0.

Abstract: The present invention provides protein hydrolysate compositions, processes for making protein hydrolysate compositions, and food products comprising protein hydrolysate compositions. The protein hydrolysate compositions generally comprise polypeptide fragments having primarily either an arginine residue or a lysine residue at each carboxyl terminus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a breakfast cereal for human consumption that contains at least one cereal grain and a soy material selected from soy flour, soy grits, soy flakes, a comminuted whole soybean material, or combinations thereof. The soy material contains at most 20 &mgr;mol/g raffinose and 35 &mgr;mol/g stachyose, and at least 200 &mgr;mol/g sucrose. A process for producing such a breakfast cereal is also provided in which at least one cereal grain and a soy material selected from a soy flour, soy grits, soy flakes, a comminuted whole soybean material, or combinations thereof are blended, cooked to form a cereal dough, and a ready-to-eat cereal is formed from the cereal dough. The soy material contains at most 20 &mgr;mol/g raffinose and 35 &mgr;mol/g stachyose, and at least 200 &mgr;mol/g sucrose.

Abstract: This invention concerns methods for synthesis and accumulation of fructose polymers in seed, tubers or leaves of transgenic plants by selective expression of a bacterial fructosyltransferase gene. Selective expression includes coordination of timing, tissue specific expression and especially subcellular location. Successful transformants utilize sucrose to synthesize and accumulate fructan in the vacuole of the cell, in established crops, without loss of co-products or concern for yield loss due to degradation during maturation, harvest or storage of the plant. Enhanced fructan production will benefit the fructose sweetener industry and add value to grain used for feed.

Abstract: There is provided isolated nucleic acid fragments that encode soybean seed and zucchini leaf galactinol synthase. Chimeric genes including those fragments and suitable regulatory genes are also provided that are capable of transforming plants to produce galactinol synthase at levels higher or lower than that found in the target plant. Transformed plants and seeds are also provided for. Methods for varying the content of D-galactose-containing oligosaccharides of sucrose in plants are also provided.

Abstract: There is provided isolated nucleic acid fragments that encode soybean seed and zucchini leaf galactinol synthase. Chimeric genes including those fragments and suitable regulatory genes are also provided that are capable of transforming plants to produce galactinol synthase at levels higher or lower than that found in the target plant. Transformed plants and seeds are also provided for. Methods for varying the content of D-galactose-containing oligosaccharides of sucrose in plants are also provided.