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AI model predicts peptide bitterness and enables novel flavor design
During the production of fermented products such as kefir, Parmesan, or mountain cheese, as well as in the production of protein powders, bitter-tasting peptides can form, which impair the taste and thus the acceptability of the products.
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Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology, Technical University of Munich, created an AI method that predicts the bitterness of peptides that form during fermentation of products like kefir, Parmesan, mountain cheese, and protein powders. The model was successfully tested on these food systems. It also enables the design of new bitter‑tasting peptides from scratch, offering a new tool for taste and food research.
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