Protein Factory: Sonic Protein

Sonic Protein is the first debitterized, hydrolyzed (pre-digested) protein powder made of mostly all di and tri peptides under 300 daltons. In addition, it is the best mixing protein powder in existence. So good that Sonic actually turns clear when mixed with water. Sonic Protein is a casein hydrolysate produced from milk protein. Casein is enzymatically hydrolyzed peptides using a new and patented debitterizing process. This makes it the first hydrolyzed protein that can easily be used in a protein shake. Sonic Protein is unique because it contains over 80% peptides that are under 300 daltons. Normal food protein, like whey concentrate or whey isolate, is a polypeptide made up of thousands of units of amino acids. Sonic Protein contains only short chain peptides (average length is less than 4 amino acids) which are water soluble. By being water soluble it not only makes the protein more digestible, but most importantly, makes it very user friendly*. The small peptides from Sonic Protein are directly and quickly taken up by the gut and released into the blood without digestion.*

Sonic Protein, as a casein hydrolysate, is a highly nutritious protein containing all essential amino acids in the correct ratio for human health. Sonic Protein is an easily absorbed protein hydrolysate, which has been treated with proprietary enzymes to cut the protein into di-peptides and tri-peptides, while the well balanced amino acid profile of casein is left intact. Sonic Protein eliminates many of the technical problems and physiological side effects held by proteins, protein hydrolysates, and amino acids, while providing all of the advantages provided by these products.

How is Sonic Protein Manufactured?

Starting from milk, the milk fat is removed and the casein is separated by acidifying and filtering from the skimmed milk. Casein is dissolved in water, alkalized and then first hydrolyzed with an endoproteasic enzyme. This produces the typical, but extremely bitter casein hydrolysate with which we are currently familiar. In a second unique hydrolysation step, detailed below, a proprietary enzyme (patent pending), specifically hydrolyses the bitter peptides. In this second step, the Sonic Protein casein hydrolysate with its special characteristics is produced.

Reduced Bitterness of Sonic Protein

Casein contains a high level of proline. Proline bonds cannot be accurately or effectively cleaved with enzymes currently found on the market. Hydrolysation of casein with normal enzymes forms proline rich peptides (5-10 amino acids) which cannot be further hydrolyzed as no existing commercial enzyme can cleave these proline bonds. Hydrolysation of caseinates with normal enzymes therefore leads to an extremely bitter casein hydrolysate containing many long, proline rich, bitter peptides (green line in HPLC Graph, middle). The bitterness of these Proline rich Peptides is due to the nature of the protein where the Proline is located in the middle of the peptide chain. In the second hydrolysation step, the debittering enzyme specifically hydrolyses the bitter proline rich peptides (blue line, bottom). In this second step the Sonic Protein casein hydrolysate with its special characteristics is produced.

Ultra filtration removes any residual enzyme, and the hydrolysate is then mildly evaporated, dried and packed. During development, the bitterness of hydrolysates was conducted utilizing 6 professional tasters who were specialized on bitterness. All six said in a double blind procedure that the hydrolysate casein found in Sonic Protein tasted far less bitter after the second hydrolysation.

Benefits of the hydrolyzed casein

• Sonic Protein is a hypo-allergenic milk protein product
• Sonic Protein is a safe and healthy nutritional ingredient
• Sonic Protein is a natural product
• Sonic Protein is a unique milk protein (casein) hydrolysate
• Sonic Protein is related to gaining energy*
• Sonic Protein is a recovery ingredient for fast muscle refueling*
• Sonic Protein is supported by the Dutch Olympic committee
• Sonic Protein is widely taken by Dutch professional athletes
• Sonic Protein is officially tested and free of any doping substances.