(Food-Beverage-News.Com, June 13, 2019 ) Vegetable protein refers to the proteins extracted from plants like soybean, wheat, rice, pea, etc. The protein is an important component of human cells, consisting of monomers called amino acids. Vegetable protein is an alternative to animal protein and it can be absorbed easily. Protein is important to human body. Most people require about 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight, or about 58 grams of protein per day for a 160-pound adult.
The difference between the animal protein and vegetable protein lies in the amino acid content. Animal proteins are called complete proteins because they contain all essential amino acids. Animal protein has the amino acids that the body is unable to synthesize and must be included in the diet to allow for the proper conduct of protein synthesis. Vegetable protein composition does not provide all the amino acids. Unlike animal proteins, vegetable proteins are low in fat and produce nitrogenous waste, which is the waste products of proteins, which should be less harmful to avoid overloading the kidneys.
United States is still one of the major suppliers of vegetable protein. There are enough raw materials like soybean, wheat and corn in United States. The biggest companies like Du Pont and ADM are located in United Stated and they have established many branches around the world. With the huge amount of population, the demand of vegetable protein is large in China. After decades of development, Chinese vegetable protein manufacturers have got mature technology. But the performance of product is still has a gap with foreign products. The vegetable protein production in China has surpassed in United States, due to the large investment of Chinese enterprises in recent years. But the utilization in China is still low than abroad. It is clear that Chinese manufacturers will provide more products to the world.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Vegetable Protein market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.