Kokumi flavour peptide production from beef offal co-products

25 June 2024
Focus area: Value opportunities
Program stream: Growth and global competitiveness
Project number: 2024-1087
This project trialled an enzymatic method to produce food-grade kokumi flavour-rich extract from beef offal products such as lungs and liver to increase their value. 

Kokumi is a feeling that can be described as perceived richness and roundness that heightens the other five tastes and prolongs their flavour. 

The world-first trials determined that there was a significant increase in kokumi peptides from the offals using the new two-step enzymatic reaction. 
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