With the aim of producing wheat flour with low phenylalanine (Phe) content to be introduced in phenylketonuric's diet, the proteins were enzymaticaly extracted, using an alkaline protease from Bacillus licheniformis. Then, the protein extracts were hydrolyzed by the action of commercial enzymes (pancreatin and bromelain) and of enzymatic extracts obtained from pineapple peel (crude and purified). Some enzymatic parameters were evaluated, such as type of enzyme, type of enzyme action, type of enzymatic association and order of enzyme action. The activated carbon (AC) was used as adsorbent and the efficiency of Phe removal was evaluated by second derivative spectrophotometry measuring the Phe content in wheat flour and in their hydrolysates after AC treatment. The best result was found for the successive association of crude extract followed by pancreatin obtaining 66.28% of removal and a final Phe content of 522.44 mg/100 g of hydrolysate.
Wheat flour; Protein hydrolysates; Enzymes; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Alkaline protease; Phenylalanine; Activated carbon
