Proteins\ Marché - N°65 of the future soy production sector is cur- plants, but everything is yet to rently developing. In addition, be discovered. The scientific some of our customers are publications on the bioactive looking for alternative sources properties of plant peptides of protein to soy so as to avoid are more and more numerous. the risk of GMOs, the isofla- In particular, food supplement vone content, the risk of aller- and cosmetics companies are gies, the taste problems and, in very interested in plant biopep- general, the sometimes-nega- tides with anti-bacterial, anti- tive image of soy. oxidant and anti-hypertensive France has a role to play consi- properties. And, yes, our cus- 023 dering the high diversity and tomers are asking us to fraction specificity of its territories plant-based proteins so as to in plant production. There is extract peptides with antioxi- a wide variety of sources of dant or surfactant activities, plant-based proteins, let’s especially for cosmetic appli- explore it! cations and often as part of a clean label or circular economy Actif’s Magazine: approach. Do plant-based proteins have functional Actif’s Magazine: properties, just like What obstacles are still animal-origin proteins? there to the development of plant-based proteins? Denis Chéreau: What about the challenges In order to develop, plant- surmounted so far? based proteins will have to be nutritional, but most often Denis Chéreau: functional. They will have to From a nutritional point of view, provide foaming, gelling, emul- as compared to animal proteins, sifying or texturing proper- plant-based proteins start out ties. Hampton Creek (JUST) with a handicap, but it is known has raised $200 million to be that by combining cereals with able to automatically screen pulses it is possible to provide plant-based proteins and more all the essential amino acids in quickly identify their functional a balanced way. Moreover, ana- properties. Today, we are wit- lyses of the amino acid profile of nessing a real revival of interest plants have revealed that some in protein hydrolysates from plants have interesting levels News on Functional & Health Ingredients \ N°65 \ Otctober - November - December 2018 \ ■