N°65 - Marché / Protéines of certain amino acids. Maize risk cannot be excluded. For the only soy and wheat gluten are contains, for instance, 130 mg more a consumer is exposed to marketed at competitive prices leucine per g of protein, which a protein, the more likely he/ ranging from 1 to 3 euros per kg is 1.5 times more than beef. she is to have an allergic reac- because the industrial produc- However, leucine is known to tion. Today, it is not possible tion equipment is of sufficient stimulate protein anabolism. to predict the allergenicity of a scale. The price of pea ranges Likewise, pea contains 120 mg plant-based protein. This clearly between 4 and 5 euros per kg of arginine per g of protein, slows down companies in their and that of other pulse proteins which is twice more than beef. development. We are working can reach up to 60 euros per This amino acid is known to with researchers from INRA in kg. We cannot feed the planet lower blood pressure. So, the Nantes on the development of without taking into account this obstacle is removed, from in vitro tests that will allow pre- price factor. this point of view. However, dicting the allergic response to Finally, there is a real agri- from an organoleptic point of a protein extract. cultural challenge regarding view, there is still work pulses, whose crop yield to be done. But the plant is closely related to the family is so varied thatthe organoleptic profile Plant-based climaticdiseases and pests.conditions,In of products can be proteins might be France they are little culti- improved by combining vated because the farmers plant sources. The typical cheaper than animalconsider these crops example is Tereos’ Sauté too risky. It is a real pity Végétal, which combines because growing pulses chickpea, whose taste is proteins… their is righteous: they do not quite neutral and almost require fertilizers and 024 milky, with wheat, therebyobtaining an interestingprice depends a lot help fix the nitrogen fromI am convincedthe air. organoleptic profile and,a balancedmoreover,on the scale of the that in 10 years’ time, ifconsidering the progress essential amino acid production tools. that will have been made profile. Likewise, raising in terms of seeds deve- awareness among the lopment, the adaptation population on the interest of the cultivation tech- of increasing our intake of niques, precision farming plant-based proteins is neces- The economic aspect shouldn’t and the processes allowing for sary. Another challenge to sur- be neglected, either. Plant- the screening of plants diversity mount is the allergenicity of based proteins might be will make it possible to manu- proteins. We know that soy and cheaper than animal proteins. facture products combining a lupine are included in the Euro- However, their price per kg variety of plant-based proteins pean Union Food Allergen List. depends a lot on the scale of at a low price, accessible to the Pulses are not there yet, but this the production tools. Today, general public.■ ■ / Octobre - Novembre - Décembre 2018 / N°65 / L’Actualité des Ingrédients Fonctionnels & Santé